constituent
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Once the predictions were confirmed theoretically, collaborators at Rice University synthesized the materials by chemically combining their constituent elements into new compounds.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
These are weighted ratios of constituent companies’ valuations divided by reported revenue over the preceding 12 months.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Additionally, Honeywell International HON -2.52%decrease; down pointing triangle , a constituent on the index, is spinning off its aerospace business in a deal that’s expected to be completed June 29.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The constituent, a young man with autism, also matched with a verified account on Tinder.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
After a time, I glared into the gloom as if I could pierce it with my gaze, and felt it almost part into its constituent blacknesses, so that I could see the beetles there.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
“So, yeah, I am concerned about it. We ought to be talking about things looking forward that our constituents are most concerned about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
That contrasts with the SOX index, where all 30 constituents were lower from the benchmark’s June record high.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
The portion of the S&P 500’s value made up by the index’s top-10 constituents, most of them tech companies at the heart of the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
An MP has said his constituents being left without the internet for the third day running was "disgraceful".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Burn was running for reelection in the fall, and most of his constituents were opposed to female suffrage.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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