- present tense form of constitute (3rd person singular).
constitutes
Example Sentences
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Gen. Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission allege that one of the deals violates federal law and constitutes an illegal payout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Hoskins said in an interview that the rulings reflected differences of opinion over what constitutes fair and accurate language, noting that the appellate courts had also sometimes rejected revisions made or approved by lower courts.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Even my chicken-tasting panel had thoughts about what constitutes an actual Cane’s.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
It is that these environments may foster a blinkered way of thinking about institutions, social provision and what constitutes a normal standard of living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Our unifying topics, number and probability, do, however, pro vide the basis for statistics, which, together with logic, constitutes the foundation of the scientific method, which will eventually sort matters out if anything can.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
