compose
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Last year, he became the first Indian to compose and perform a Western classical symphony in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which described it as a "milestone in global music history".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
You compose with your voice, and your document instantly takes shape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The state ostensibly has a “merit selection” system, in which nominating commissions compose lists of the most qualified applicants for judgeships, and the governor chooses from the list.
From Slate ● May 11, 2026
So when a lucrative commission comes to Y, inviting him to compose a patriotic anthem for the “victory generation,” you already know what his answer is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
I stepped into the hallway to compose myself.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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Musician Labrinth has distanced himself from TV series Euphoria, for which he composes the music, and said he is "done with this industry".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
This is the reverse of many professionals who edit—or copy and paste—whatever an AI tool composes in response to a prompt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
It’s a trait you see in her performance as Sister Agnes, who composes herself with a quiet power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
He specifically cites the way Pop Crave composes its posts, saying that there is specific psychology to the way its feed operates and rallies its massive follower base.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2024
He composes chambers that lead into others that Celia has created.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Supersaturation increased as the aircraft sampled higher portions of the clouds, reaching about 10% at approximately −5°C. At that temperature, the updraft regions were still composed mainly of supercooled liquid droplets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
But that sounds more composed than I actually feel.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
In a military composed mostly of non-infantry and noncombat personnel, testosterone is predominantly a quality-of-life issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
A team analysed the songs of more than 100,000 songbirds and revealed that the world's birdsongs are composed of eight fundamental types of sound that the researchers call "motifs".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
I paused—he stood before me, hat in hand, looking composed enough.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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He didn’t like composing radio hooks or fronting a traditional band.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He was speaking from the shaded courtyard garden of his Mayer am Pfarrplatz heuriger, down the steps from the room where Beethoven stayed while composing part of the Ninth Symphony.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
“I actually found it much easier than writing songs about myself. Having the permission to be silly and bratty was so freeing,” Hart said to The Quietus, discussing composing from Lestat’s perspective.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
After tugging his short shot at history left of the hole, Herbert bent over in disappointment before composing himself to tap in.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Blanca managed to bring him a guitar and stuffed some rags beneath the strings so no one would hear him composing muted songs of widows, orphans, prisoners, and the disappeared.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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