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He said those protections did not constitute institutional endorsement of every speaker’s views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Running a business, either directly or indirectly, would breach the terms of Hall's bankruptcy order and constitute a criminal offence.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
In total, subsidies from Denmark and the EU constitute nearly half of Greenland’s budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Still more mainlanders arrived after 1945, especially after the Chinese Communists defeated the Chinese Nationalists in 1949, so that aborigines now constitute only 2 percent of Taiwan’s population.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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I am not here to argue that this constitutes thrift.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
The reason such strength constitutes a bubble warning is that investors have to be particularly exuberant in order to bid growth stocks higher in the wake of rising interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
He said hoteliers are often "not aware" that "what's happening in their hotels actually constitutes dentistry" and is therefore illegal.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Bessent's plan constitutes a "forced effort that's too obvious," O'Hare said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
This constitutes a huge leap forward in work flow.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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In a classic study she began as a Harvard undergraduate, hotel housekeepers were told—accurately—that their daily work already constituted meaningful exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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
The person working with Regan who sent the offer denied to the law firm that the conversation constituted extortion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Less than 1% of what constituted the towers’ total steel was preserved, cataloged and eventually transported domestically and internationally as part of a program launched by the Port Authority in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
And yet persons here and there declined to migrate; that, even to those involved, constituted a perplexing irrationality.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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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
This isn’t just an expensive proposition — it’s also a psychological danger, constituting behavior that is likely to get men to withdraw from the real world and attachments to real people.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2025
County are natives of Mexico and Central America, Asian immigrants make up the second-largest group, constituting 16% of people in the county without legal authorization, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025
The enthusiasm Olmsted had identified during his travels, though still far from constituting a tidal wave, at last seemed to begin propelling visitors to Jackson Park.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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