compose
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D’Ornano oversaw product research, helping to compose some of Sisley’s most iconic skin-care creams and scents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Mirror's Lucy Needham, external noted that the singer was 50 minutes late to start, and may have needed extra time to "compose herself" for the "emotionally charged return".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Applicants had to take the same online quiz that potential contestants do, plus compose more than a full show’s worth of categories and clues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Even as political campaigns experiment with more outlandish applications of the technology, many have already been using AI in quieter ways, including to compose tailored mailings and participate in digital chat rooms, Romero said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
“You will compose yourselves and report to the amphitheater. Any more incidents like this and those involved will be shipped to Kauf, forthwith. Understood?”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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When asked whether he saw himself as a composer who conducts or a conductor who composes, he simply laughed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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
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 his songs at home - which are no longer than a minute long as he gets out of breath easily - and his sets last just 30 minutes.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2024
Then she composes herself and beams at me.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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"Enough. We can no longer breathe," shouted marchers in the crowds, which were composed mainly of journalists, rights groups and opposition party representatives.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
And the board itself, which is composed of directors with experience in chips, software, cloud-computing, hardware and AI, has committees that oversee AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
To overcome this limitation, the Oxford researchers studied an engineered virus-like particle composed of 60 protein units.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
The Saudis countered with an air campaign and ground force composed of Yemeni pro-government paramilitary factions, Saudi and Emirati troops and mercenaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
“This association is non-sectarian, being composed of persons of all shadows of religious opinions, and has no official connection with the so-called Woman's Bible or any theological publication,” the resolution read.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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Gretta relates to her songs as though she were the next Joni Mitchell, but the new material she’s composing on the fly with her new friends doesn’t seem particularly intimate or revealing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
You're finally about to head off on a well-earned break, but there's one more task to tick off your to-do list: composing an out-of-office reply.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
A rash eagerness had overcome him, to go into his study and reply to Ifemelu’s e-mail, something he had unconsciously been composing in his mind.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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