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composition

[kom-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌkɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən /




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Every decision it makes about the pace and composition of new issuance, and every decision about whether to retire or not retire existing issues, is a legitimate choice made under enlightened self-interest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Tina Tallon, a professor of artificial intelligence and music composition at The Ohio State University, explains that a "click track" features clicks or beeps such as a metronome, or other cues to capture rhythm.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

A composition by Rubén Fuentes and Alberto Cervantes, the song wasn’t just another lilting ranchera from the 1950s — that much was clear.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Most of the pollen samples turned out to be a relatively poor match for the essential amino acid composition of honeybee tissues.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Without stopping to shave or comb my hair or even change my clothes from the night before, I grabbed my Greek Prose composition book and my Liddell and Scott and ran to Julian’s office.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

In one sense, he was selling himself short: “Revolver” featured three Harrison compositions, a glut of new material that included “Taxman,” “Love You To” and “I Want to Tell You.”

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

By Ma Rainey’s own testimony, she’d picked up on and incorporated into her compositions blues lines she’d heard used by wandering folk musicians.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Other compositions on the album draw on memories of Port Talbot, childhood visits with his grandfather, the cinema that first caught his imagination, and the people closest to him.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Last cycle, seven states had their most expensive judicial elections ever, including Montana and Kentucky, states with partisan compositions more like Kansas.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

There wasn’t a textbook for the class, just the picture book of paintings and a few CDs of classical compositions.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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