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They are underweight bonds and cash, meaning, basically, 3-month Treasury bills or similar, which now constitute on average 3.6% of their portfolios.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

They constitute a majority in Iran and Iraq and sizable minorities in Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kuwait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Culhane said single adults who are not veterans, including the elderly and disabled, constitute a majority of the homeless population.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

More generally, female dispersal and the tendency for males to remain in their natal group also constitute a predominant pattern among the great apes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

It is shaped like a ladder twisted into a helix, the rungs available in four different molecular parts, which constitute the four letters of the genetic code.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Akzo said it is restricted from any engagement with Nippon Paint given that the approach constitutes an alternative proposal to its merger with Axalta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

After recounting the various permutations of a central bank throughout American history, he concluded that the Fed’s independence constitutes a “special arrangement sanctioned by history.”

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

What constitutes a satisfactory run is a matter of debate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Neven said he is particularly interested in understanding the brain, including, “the forbidden fruit” of trying to make sense of what constitutes conscious experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

It constitutes a kind of psychological illusion to which innumerate people are particularly prone.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

In its report, the committee said it had tasked itself with establishing "what constituted 'due process' when it came to political appointments".

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The president also took aim at FIFA’s use of slow-motion replay to decide whether Balogun’s stepping on an opponent’s ankle constituted a red-card offense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

A similarly constituted body could govern the AI fund’s investment priorities and distribution policy, shielded from both corporate lobbying and political pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

In that case, the court held that acquiring seven days of historical cell-site location information constituted a search requiring a warrant.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

Matthew waved a hand as if their bus, with the lone man gripping an oxygen tank and the Sharpie-scribbled seats, was what constituted his “cool.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

It found Kim guilty of manipulating the share price of Deutsch Motors, a South Korean car dealer, which it ruled a "collusive... trading act constituting market manipulation".

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

According to McKinsey & Co., the total quantum industry — computing, communications and sensing — could grow into a $97 billion market by 2035, with quantum computing constituting the lion’s share.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025

This isn’t just an expensive proposition — it’s also a psychological danger, constituting behavior that is likely to get men to withdraw from the real world and attachments to real people.

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2025

That ruling said that camping and sleeping ordinances violate the 8th Amendment by constituting cruel and unusual punishment for people who had no other place to go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024

A total of 241 signs or letters was neatly divided by etched vertical lines into groups of several signs, possibly constituting words.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond