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To the extent such stocks constitute a separate asset class, some of their returns will be a function of being a member of that class.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

In all instances, Mattel hasn’t informed Wall Street of how production and marketing costs are split, or what box-office benchmarks and toy sales constitute a success, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

The administrative claims do not themselves constitute lawsuits.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

After the ruling, Humala's lawyer Julio Espinoza Goyena wrote on social media that the court had decided the contributions his client received on electoral campaigns "do not constitute money laundering".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Tom Smith,” lamented a reporter, “is by no means a long distance conversationalist. Ten words in a row for him would constitute a course record.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

More generally, I am not sure what constitutes an emolument.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

The Constitutional Council found that Article 1 of the legislation "constitutes an infringement that is neither appropriate, necessary, nor proportionate" to the freedom of expression and communication of those under 15.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

This constitutes a tax-free invisible “income” stream, which the government sometimes likes to call “owner’s equivalent rent.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

What constitutes “comparable or better,” the policy states, is determined by StubHub “in its sole discretion based on cost, quality, availability and other factors.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The disk thus constitutes a threatening challenge to historians.

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

The ANJ said the site's continued availability -- where betting odds on different events are updated in real time -- constituted advertising.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

In its report, the committee said it had tasked itself with establishing "what constituted 'due process' when it came to political appointments".

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

What followed was an hour-and-47-minute conversation between Weist and two investigators attempting to determine whether the work she had described as artistic research truly constituted investigative experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

The president also took aim at FIFA’s use of slow-motion replay to decide whether Balogun’s stepping on an opponent’s ankle constituted a red-card offense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The first shot of the Civil War was fired in South Carolina, where our bodies constituted the majority of human bodies in the state.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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

That ruling said that camping and sleeping ordinances violate the 8th Amendment by constituting cruel and unusual punishment for people who had no other place to go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024

They employed it to write syllables or letters constituting grammatical endings.

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