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Under Malaysian guidelines, API readings above 100 are classified as unhealthy, above 200 as very unhealthy, above 300 as hazardous, while readings beyond 500 constitute the threshold for declaring a local emergency.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
None of these options constitute freedom of the seas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
He said those protections did not constitute institutional endorsement of every speaker’s views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Indeed, a White House official told ProPublica that Dans’ consulting work did not constitute a conflict of interest for that very reason.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
“That would constitute malice, Your Honor,” said Rowan with polite resolve.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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The attack "constitutes a flagrant violation of maritime law and, more broadly, of the rules of navigation," Radev said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
This constitutes an exoneration of Mr. Powell insofar as Mr. Horowitz finds no evidence of criminality or deliberate wrongdoing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The proposition also could incur additional costs for state and local governments depending on the attorney general’s interpretation of what constitutes program expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Time to cut loose - or what constitutes cutting loose for a team that has lost their ability to score.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
This establishment, officially called the Segregation and Isolation Building, constitutes a prison inside a prison.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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It said banks largely lacked clear standards for what constituted reputational risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The International Court of Justice is currently weighing whether the campaign constituted genocide, a charge the military has always denied.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The tech companies say their actions constituted fair use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said attacks on Mecca and Medina province, where Islam's second holiest shrine is located, constituted an "unacceptable and intolerable transgression".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Black professionals constituted the bulk of the residents, many of them graduates of the universities that sat on its borders, Loyola College and Morgan State University.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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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
Public health experts have gone so far as to describe social isolation and loneliness as constituting a public health crisis in the United States.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2025
KP.3.1.1 is now the single most common coronavirus strain circulating nationwide, constituting an estimated 36.8% of specimens for the two-week period that ended Saturday, up from 12.7% a month ago, CDC data show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024
A total of 241 signs or letters was neatly divided by etched vertical lines into groups of several signs, possibly constituting words.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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