constitutive
Example Sentences
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"We shall always support anything that all three constitutive peoples agree upon," Vucic said, referring to Bosnia's Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats and Muslim Bosniaks.
From Reuters ● Apr. 15, 2023
But in Meacham’s treatment, such personal details function as supporting pieces in a story designed around high-stakes campaign speeches, the constitutive ritual of inaugurations and grave moments of statesmanship.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2022
The trp operon is constitutive and remains ON by default, whereas the lac operon is repressible and therefore is OFF by default.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
It is constitutive of being human, just as are creativity, courage, ambition, attachment and love.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2020
They are a priori conditions, subjective in one sense, but objective as being universal, necessary and constitutive of experience.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
