constitute
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He did not, however, say what would constitute “soon.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The lease payments under those arrangements are expected to constitute a significant portion of SB Energy’s near-term revenue, the company said in its IPO filing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The court has also recognized that a desire to observe a particular animal species can constitute a legally cognizable interest.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
On top of its potential communicative importance and intrinsic value as a cultural behavior, accumulative stone throwing involves durable primate material culture, the loss of which would constitute the erasure of primate heritage.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Why didn’t you tell anyone? It seems like the sort of thing that would constitute news. It would seem you might tell your mother, for example, or your sisters, perhaps—someone.”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Bessent's plan constitutes a "forced effort that's too obvious," O'Hare said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
It will then require approval from full council because it constitutes a change to the authority's annual budget.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Gen. Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission allege that one of the deals violates federal law and constitutes an illegal payout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Hoskins said in an interview that the rulings reflected differences of opinion over what constitutes fair and accurate language, noting that the appellate courts had also sometimes rejected revisions made or approved by lower courts.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 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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The union argued in the lawsuit that it constituted “a transfer of wealth from the workers to their employers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
In a statement, the force said it did not believe sharing the picture constituted an offence.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The authorities are trying to determine whether the activity constituted fraud, one of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The spokesman did not say whether gasoline constituted an “illicit material.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Mainland Australia’s 300,000 hunter-gatherers were more numerous and less isolated than the Tasmanians but still constituted the smallest and most isolated human population of any of the continents.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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
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
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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