- present tense form of constitute (3rd person singular).
constitutes
Example Sentences
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Rightly or wrongly, recent developments have likely alienated the very crowd that constitutes a Tony viewership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
"This constitutes a wound in Christian memory," he said of the Church's record.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Moreover, there’s growing unease about private debt being issued to finance AI data centers, which now constitutes up to 14% of the investment-grade bond market.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
This constitutes what is now called “practical monetarism”—an updated form of monetarism that brings lessons from the past into contact with the accepted conventions of the present.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
"Yes, I said it and I mean it! This here brother constitutes one of the greatest dangers ever confronted by our movement."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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