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comprise

[kuhm-prahyz] / kəmˈpraɪz /


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“There are many fine law firms that comprise many fine professionals, who are trying to serve clients in what can appear to be very similar ways,” said Heather McDevitt, chair of White & Case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Big Caring said Wednesday that the offering will comprise up to 1.9 billion shares, equivalent to 25.5% of its enlarged share capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The 100 million barrels will comprise a mix of diesel and crude oil.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

These folks comprise the wealthiest generation in history: According to the Federal Reserve, baby boomers control $90 trillion in assets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

The pages that comprise it are printed with Shakespearean sonnets.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

A third floor comprises the master bedroom, surrounded by three decks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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

This unexpected request prompts a flashback to Graham’s military posting in postwar Austria, which comprises the heart of the novel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Its collection comprises nine paintings by Renoir, according to its website.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

But one of those subfamilies, termed Malayo-Polynesian, comprises 945 of those 959 languages and covers almost the entire geographic range of the Austronesian family.

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

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

Lorena Gonzalez, president of California Labor Federation, said Regan’s union is overwhelmingly comprised of women and women of color, who just reelected him to a position he’s held for 16 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

According to data from Circana, they comprised 1.6% of women’s total footwear sales for the 12 months ending in June; that was a bit up from 1.4% a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

The stricken area is comprised mostly of towns and villages with few, if any, high-rise buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

I would disappear inside whole worlds comprised of Gulliver’s Travels, Shane, and books by Beverly Cleary.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

The Election Commission, a three-member body comprising the chief election commissioner and two election commissioners, defended its decision-making process, saying differing views were part of institutional functioning and that decisions had ultimately been taken unanimously.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Last year, Anthropic spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure, comprising over half of its $12.65 billion in total operating expenses.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

By researching court records and newspapers, Mr. White discovered new information about this important neighborhood, comprising some 264 people in 1855, which was torn down during the construction of Central Park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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

In jazz, the shift in emphasis meant bigger bands comprising more structured families of instruments playing well-honed, written-out arrangements, with occasional well-defined solos emerging from the texture.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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