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[kuhm-prahyz] / kəmˈpraɪz /


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The 100 million barrels will comprise a mix of diesel and crude oil.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

These folks comprise the wealthiest generation in history: According to the Federal Reserve, baby boomers control $90 trillion in assets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

Bedminster, about 40 miles west of Manhattan, is one of five towns that comprise the Somerset Hills, an affluent region of New Jersey known for its rolling countryside, historic estates and Gilded Age history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Roughly 85 percent of water systems serve communities of fewer than 50,000, communities that together comprise less than 10 percent of the entire U.S. population.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

The Q-R-S-T-U galleries comprise the “front side,” or river side, of B-block; V-W-X-Y-Z, the back.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

As Herzog moves the sisters between reality and film’s dreamy latter half, he plunges into the fizzy static that comprises their cosmic connection, examining their solitude as only he can.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Written by Phoebe Eclair-Powell, it comprises three stories over six episodes, with a longer mystery running below and the halting romantic do-si-do sprinkled on top.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The G20 comprises 19 nations plus the EU and the African Union, and was established in the wake of the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis to boost global economic and financial stability.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

It comprises a chocolate shell with biscuit pieces, chocolate and vanilla ice cream layers, and a caramel lava centre which he describes as "four dimensional".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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

The team is comprised of two Nasa astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Canadian astronaut whose wife is expecting their third child two months into the mission.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The transaction implies a total enterprise value of approximately $7.7 billion, comprised of an equity purchase price of approximately $4.6 billion and approximately $3.1 billion of debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Not only in the sheer existence of the AI itself, which is comprised of literal stolen material, but in robbing creators of their process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The stricken area is comprised mostly of towns and villages with few, if any, high-rise buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

“First of all, armadas are comprised of ships,” Chubs said.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

The council owns a County Farms Estate, comprising about 16,500 acres and 149 holdings for tenants.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The vast Theban necropolis, comprising an area of around 10km², was Egypt’s main royal and elite cemetery for half a millennium, from ca.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

The National Museum alone lost almost two-thirds of its inventory, comprising nearly 100,000 artifacts that covered Sudan’s prehistoric age through its Nubian era, the Kingdom of Kush, the Christian era and its Islamic period.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Another 36,600 arrived from the U.S. in July, up 15% from last year and comprising a third of total visitors, according to the ministry and the Central Bureau of Statistics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

How did Homo sapiens manage to cross this critical threshold, eventually founding cities comprising tens of thousands of inhabitants and empires ruling hundreds of millions?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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