constitute
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“Reservoirs constitute an important source of methane,” said John Harrison, a professor at Washington State University’s School of the Environment who studies the greenhouse gases that reservoirs emit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
In the United States, these months constitute the second quarter of the 2026 fiscal year.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
“Under this Court’s precedents, not to mention common sense, those circumstances taken together can constitute at least reasonable suspicion of illegal presence,” he said in a concurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
“Anti-trust could pose a concern given that the combination would constitute 18% share of the U.S. market and nearly 40% of American whiskey,” Moskow wrote.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Those geographic differences constitute important ultimate answers to Yali’s question about why different peoples ended up with disparate degrees of power and affluence.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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