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composition

[kom-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌkɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən /




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The amendment would change the composition of Los Angeles World Airport’s board of commissioners, which oversee Van Nuys and Los Angeles International airports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Packard-Grams' expertise proved particularly useful for Seiler's project because she has studied the chemical composition of inks on Egyptian papyri in Berkeley's collection.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Other highly exposed majors included management information systems and majors related to rhetoric, composition and writing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

But it also has a certain shapelessness—its many motifs never cohere into a harmonious composition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He was muttering indecipherable calculations, while the Fellerings—the twin metallurgists—discussed the possible composition of the blue metal.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Using these two tracers, the team reconstructed the compositions of the ancient parent bodies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Warner’s agreement with Suno, for example, lets artists opt in to having their names, likenesses, voices and compositions used in AI-generated music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Hemphill recalled listening to a wide range of music in his youth—from country to jazz to blues to classical—and a passion for each is evident in his compositions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Ms. Parton’s compositions were deeply moving and personal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Many of Wolfgang’s childhood compositions, such as the first seven of his concertos for piano and orchestra, are largely arrangements of works by other composers.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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