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Sales of new-energy vehicles, which comprise electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, as well as exports have become the major themes in China’s auto market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The 100 million barrels will comprise a mix of diesel and crude oil.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Hyperscalers still comprise around 55% of data-center revenue, but Nvidia intends to shift its mix toward ACIE, a bucket essentially comprising non-hyperscale customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
While the affected goods only comprise about 5% of Canada’s exports to the U.S., “politically the rupture is considerably larger,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said in a weekend note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
The company owns factories, machinery and showrooms, and employs mechanics, accountants and secretaries, but all these together do not comprise Peugeot.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Revenue from the division rose about 15% in the second quarter and comprises about 16% of the company’s total.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
As Herzog moves the sisters between reality and film’s dreamy latter half, he plunges into the fizzy static that comprises their cosmic connection, examining their solitude as only he can.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Lucas Museum’s Chief Executive Tracey Bates said “Star Wars” comprises only 7% of the museum’s inaugural exhibitions, but there’s still plenty for fans — even casual ones — to sink their teeth into.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
A commercial tree comprises a rootstock, chosen for its tolerance to local conditions, grafted to the upper half which determines what sort of fruit is produced.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
In Feynman’s sum, each history comprises a complete space-time and everything in it.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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The university's Faculty Senate, a governing body comprised of professors and other academic staff, will vote on a resolution of no confidence next week, according to reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Independent Grocers Alliance, comprised of 7,500 supermarkets, says fuel is 15% to 30% of the total cost of food.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
In the most recent fiscal year, he said, Medi-Cal patients comprised 26% of 336,600 inpatient days and 34% of 156,000 emergency department visits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
In Trump Media’s first-ever earnings call on Monday, Interim Chief Executive Kevin McGurn said the early sign-ups comprised primarily high-frequency trading firms paying between $60,000 and $100,000 a month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
In the early 1800s, a community comprised chiefly of extended family had developed on this preserve.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Utilities in Southern states asked for $2.2 billion in rate hikes during the third quarter, according to PowerLines, comprising the steepest requests in the country.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
World Series Cricket lasted for two seasons – 1977-78 and 1978-79 – comprising one-day matches and 'SuperTests' between teams representing Australia, West Indies and a World XI.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The vast Theban necropolis, comprising an area of around 10km², was Egypt’s main royal and elite cemetery for half a millennium, from ca.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The National Museum alone lost almost two-thirds of its inventory, comprising nearly 100,000 artifacts that covered Sudan’s prehistoric age through its Nubian era, the Kingdom of Kush, the Christian era and its Islamic period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the spring of 1993, on the fortieth anniversary of the first ascent, a record fifteen expeditions, comprising 294 climbers, attempted to scale the peak from the Nepalese side.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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