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"Those 5,000 people comprise a community. Not just men and women under stress. It's a community under stress."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Cases in the U.S. comprise only the smallest fraction of those numbers, with annual deaths usually in the low hundreds and diagnosed cases in the thousands.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
U.S. revenues now comprise 81% of the overall business, up from 73% last year, Palantir CFO David Glazer told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Consideration for the deal, which is set to close in early 2027, would comprise $718 million in cash and 65.853 million newly issued Energy Fuels common shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The company owns factories, machinery and showrooms, and employs mechanics, accountants and secretaries, but all these together do not comprise Peugeot.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Her forearm tattoo comprises geometric shapes symbolising different members and aspects of her family.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“From the Front Line,” translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, with commentary by Mr. Chandler and Julia Volohova, comprises a selection of Grossman’s 49 articles from the Red Star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Lilly’s GLP-1 franchise, which includes Zepbound/Mounjaro and Foundayo, comprises 65% of its sales.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
BP's North Sea portfolio comprises five production hubs and employs about 1,100 people, the company noted Friday as it maintained its commitment to the UK, which will remain home to its global headquarters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Do you know, Calpurnia, that the class Insecta comprises the largest number of living organisms known to man?”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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In Trump Media’s first-ever earnings call on Monday, Interim Chief Executive Kevin McGurn said the early sign-ups comprised primarily high-frequency trading firms paying between $60,000 and $100,000 a month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Imax 70mm comprised about 4% of that total, with Imax digital making up the rest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Shortly after the war began in late February, Chief Financial Officer Harmit Singh said the Middle East comprised less than 1% of Levi’s total business.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
As Jensen noted Monday, “Quantinuum envisions a hybrid compute world” comprised of CPUs, GPUs, and quantum processors, “with quantum computing as the foundational layer.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
An avalanche comprised of a hundred thousand memories, experiences, sights, smells, sounds, and feelings swept over me.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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When the agreement went into effect in October 2025, the Yellow Line marked off territory comprising about 53% of Gaza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Magistrate Ann Minton ordered him to pay a total of £1,771, comprising two fines of £333 and £666, £240 in costs and victim surcharges totalling £532.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
LXP Industrial owns a portfolio of modern warehouse and logistics facilities across the U.S., comprising approximately 53 million square feet across 108 properties in markets including the Sunbelt and Midwest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Nowak said that Google Cloud’s earnings before interest and taxes, or operating profit, will reach $132 billion in 2028, comprising 46% of companywide operating profit.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
I had had in the meantime more opportunity to observe the house; it was taller than it was broad, comprising four floors, with ivy covering much of the front right up to the gables.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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