- past tense form of constitute.
- past participle of constitute.
constituted
Example Sentences
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The tech companies say their actions constituted fair use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said attacks on Mecca and Medina province, where Islam's second holiest shrine is located, constituted an "unacceptable and intolerable transgression".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The person working with Regan who sent the offer denied to the law firm that the conversation constituted extortion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
A Greenlandic commission is to present a highly anticipated report Friday to determine whether Denmark's forced contraception of thousands of the Arctic island's indigenous Inuit constituted a "genocide".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
That day, Bunderson filed a handful of motions, the sum of which constituted the essential pieces of his case.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
