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comprise

[kuhm-prahyz] / kəmˈpraɪz /


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The so-called Magnificent Seven tech giants comprise around 35% of the S&P 500’s market value.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

The biggest tech companies still comprise around a third of the S&P 500’s overall value, and continue to power around a fifth of its overall earnings growth.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Though much of southern Lebanon is predominantly Shiite, Kfar Chouba and its neighbors comprise a pocket of Christian, Druze and Sunni Muslim communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“Ladies’ Lunch” and “Still Talking” comprise short vignettes about a group of aging friends who for decades have gotten together every other month or so on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Some or all of these centers may actually comprise several nearby centers where food production arose more or less independently, such as North China’s Yellow River valley and South China’s Yangtze River valley.

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




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