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compose

[kuhm-pohz] / kəmˈpoʊz /




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Magotsi's eyes are filled with tears as he struggles to compose himself.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

A New Englander deeply influenced by his reading of the Transcendentalists, Ives went into the insurance business while continuing to compose music, though his compositions weren’t widely performed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Even as political campaigns experiment with more outlandish applications of the technology, many have already been using AI in quieter ways, including to compose tailored mailings and participate in digital chat rooms, Romero said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Selines has two younger siblings she’s helped raise; one of whom helped her compose the synth-fueled track “Universe.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Josquin was asked to compose something in this friend’s memory, to be performed by the Ferrara Chapel Choir and quite possibly the duke himself in the role of tenor.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

She quickly stops laughing and composes herself to tell us the story that inspired her to champion a law banning child marriage in Sierra Leone, which came into effect in 2024.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

This is the reverse of many professionals who edit—or copy and paste—whatever an AI tool composes in response to a prompt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

He said “the president occupies a unique position in the constitutional scheme, the only person who alone composes a branch of government.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

He specifically cites the way Pop Crave composes its posts, saying that there is specific psychology to the way its feed operates and rallies its massive follower base.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2024

Maybe he writes up here, composes bad poetry.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

The New York Times reported that the US family was composed of a couple, their son and his girlfriend.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The kernel of the drama—unfortunately kernel is probably the right term—is Frederick’s demand, or more gently put, his invitation, that Bach create a three-part fugue on a theme the king composed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

This documentary drama, created by Elizabeth Marvel and director Lee Sunday Evans, is composed from the verbatim transcripts of these painful proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Take Ginger Rogers, one-half of the iconic dancing duo composed of her and Fred Astaire.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

One’s own soldiers are those composed either of subjects or of citizens or your own dependants; all others are either mercenaries or auxiliaries.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

His first album of new material for the imprint, “The Singer in My Band,” out Friday, finds his composing gifts intact and also hints at where Mr. Amos should go next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I actually found it much easier than writing songs about myself. Having the permission to be silly and bratty was so freeing,” Hart said to The Quietus, discussing composing from Lestat’s perspective.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

It wasn’t until after the release of that book, and then “Nickel Boys,” that Whitehead decided to lighten the mood by composing a crime novel set in New York City in the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Tech firms are racing to roll out advanced smartphones that use artificial intelligence to do everything from ordering food to composing messages upon a simple voice command.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

CBS’s Bernard Herrmann collected appropriate music for the background and scene transitions, sometimes composing it himself.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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