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The public shares, known as the float, will constitute about 4% of SpaceX—worth some $75 billion.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Pied-à-terres constitute an outsize share of profit for new real-estate developments in the city and act as a subsidy for lower-priced units.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
His gifts do not necessarily constitute an admission of illegal or unethical practice by the directors.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
District Judge George Hanks Jr. tossed the suit out, noting that the statement was obvious “rhetorical hyperbole that cannot constitute defamation.”
From Salon • May 16, 2026
Though it is a strange concept physically, it is the predictive power of the equations that interests scientists, rather than their comprehensibility—and an extra six dimensions do not constitute an insurmountable problem, mathematically.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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