comprise

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Harvard’s faculty will vote on a proposal to cap A’s per course, which now comprise over 50% of undergraduate grades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In the growth sector, index funds hold large positions in tech companies that thrive by creating demand for their products, and the winners offset the losers that also comprise the index.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The company’s optical circuit switches, co-packaged optics solutions and transceivers currently comprise a quarter of its total revenues — but it projects that these three areas will drive 60% of total revenue in two years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Investors worry about software loans, which comprise 80% of OTF’s portfolio, due to new artificial intelligence tools.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Some or all of these centers may actually comprise several nearby centers where food production arose more or less independently, such as North China’s Yellow River valley and South China’s Yangtze River valley.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond