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as in to contain
to be made up of
the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods
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as in to constitute
to be all the substance of
at the time, about 100,000 fighting men and women comprised our military force in that country
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Families large and small, comprising one generation or several, can have an enjoyable vacation thanks to the plan-your-own-adventure activities and excursions available both onboard and off.
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Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
Presidents have granted amnesty to groups comprising thousands of members.
—Pierce O'Donnell, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
Despite accounting for 10% of the world's population, sub-Saharan Africans comprise two-thirds of people living with HIV -- 25.7 million out of 38.4 million.
—Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
Roughly 60% of the federal government’s budget comprises what’s known as mandatory spending — primarily Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
Presidents have granted amnesty to groups comprising thousands of members.
—Pierce O'Donnell, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
Despite accounting for 10% of the world's population, sub-Saharan Africans comprise two-thirds of people living with HIV -- 25.7 million out of 38.4 million.
—Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
Roughly 60% of the federal government’s budget comprises what’s known as mandatory spending — primarily Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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What are symptoms? Food poisoning, also known as foodborne illness, is a common sickness caused by swallowing food or liquids that contain harmful bacteria, viruses or parasites, and sometimes even chemicals.Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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At times, the Bucks struggled to contain Young (35 points, seven rebounds, 10 assists) as the Hawks point guard regularly got to the free-throw line.Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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Will Professors Remain The Gatekeepers Of Knowledge? Traditionally, professors have held the authority to determine what constitutes correct information in the classrooms.Martin Gutmann, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Serpentine Dance constitutes an excellent example of what the industry created to entice and enchant audiences.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Peacock Peacock is home to all things NBC, including Saturday Night’s Main Event.Claire Franken, TVLine, 14 Dec. 2024
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Tech companies and leaders, including Meta, Amazon, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, have also been appealing to the President-elect with $1 million donations to his inauguration fund.Jay Peters, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2024
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Roughly 43 percent of Texas' teacher workforce was composed of people from historically disadvantaged groups in 2022.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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By elite education in the U.S., Brooks is talking about the pinnacle of the Ivy League—Harvard—but also the broader set of schools that compose the top of any university rankings system.Jonathan Wai, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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In 2016 a group of distilleries formed the American Single Malt Commission to define the subcategory of whiskey and push for official recognition of the category from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.Erik Ofgang, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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The radiant point— the area of the sky from which the meteors appear to originate — lies near the twin stars Castor and Pollux, which form the heads of the Gemini twins, according to Astronomy.com.Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Comprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprise. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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