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"Allegations do not constitute proof of wrongdoing, and any action taken by Fijian authorities must uphold due process, the presumption of innocence and the rule of law," it added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“The unauthorized use of our restaurant premises, signage, logos, or any other proprietary elements in your content may constitute a violation of our intellectual property rights.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
None of these options constitute freedom of the seas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Running a business, either directly or indirectly, would breach the terms of Hall's bankruptcy order and constitute a criminal offence.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
To acknowledge that the Japanese language is related to any other language seems to constitute a surrender of cultural identity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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"It is clear that our not having reviewed the data available to us prior to the attack constitutes a missed opportunity."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Failure by a company to publish inside information as soon as possible in the form of an ad hoc disclosure constitutes a breach of the Market Abuse Regulation,” it said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The proposition also could incur additional costs for state and local governments depending on the attorney general’s interpretation of what constitutes program expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"The tool may pick up something particular in the writing, something repetitive, but that might be exactly what constitutes a writer's style," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 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
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Men and boys constituted the majority of reported missing persons.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The International Court of Justice is currently weighing whether the campaign constituted genocide, a charge the military has always denied.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
They constituted only 14% of listings in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
To his new coach, the spectacular move constituted a cardinal sin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
This sud- den revolution in connectivity constituted a major flattening force.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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The prosecutor general said Kozyura had agreed to share information "constituting state secrets" for financial reward and deserved the harshest punishment.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
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
Public health experts have gone so far as to describe social isolation and loneliness as constituting a public health crisis in the United States.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2025
The enthusiasm Olmsted had identified during his travels, though still far from constituting a tidal wave, at last seemed to begin propelling visitors to Jackson Park.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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