comprised

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Those who were standing comprised the capacity audience, their cheers deafening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

He uses mostly poultry litter, an organic fertilizer comprised of bird manure, feathers, bedding material and spilled feed, and he buys a lot of it — 3,125 tons each year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Young’s team, the so-called Greek Desk, was comprised of fellow Ivy League archaeologists and Greek-American commandos.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Client Solutions Group sales, mostly comprised of personal computers, likely can’t sustain the 17% growth it saw in the quarter.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Part of the answer is that civil rights organizations—like all institutions—are comprised of fallible human beings.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander