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as in to comprise
to be all the substance of
nine players constitute a baseball team
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as in to establish
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
a fund was constituted to help needy students attend the prep school
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as in to appoint
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
the legally constituted authorities with jurisdiction in this matter
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as in to enact
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
charged with enforcing such regulations as are constituted by the government
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Recent Examples of constitute
The attorneys also claim that the migrating contamination onto Tucson property constitutes trespassing.
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Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
This law is intended to ensure that advisory committees contain balanced representation (two billionaires does not constitute balance), and that federal open-records laws apply.
—Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
As Fox has been constituted since the $71.3 billion deal with Disney that saw two-thirds of 21st Century Fox, including a lot of cable, leave the fold, Tomsic said the company has specialized in news and sports on cable while leaning into broadcast TV.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Nothing provided on this site constitutes tax advice.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
This law is intended to ensure that advisory committees contain balanced representation (two billionaires does not constitute balance), and that federal open-records laws apply.
—Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
As Fox has been constituted since the $71.3 billion deal with Disney that saw two-thirds of 21st Century Fox, including a lot of cable, leave the fold, Tomsic said the company has specialized in news and sports on cable while leaning into broadcast TV.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Nothing provided on this site constitutes tax advice.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, people aged 65 and older now comprise nearly 30 percent of the population.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Manhattan Outreach Consortium, which comprises multiple street homeless outreach groups operating in the borough, has in recent weeks privately urged the mayor’s office to restore the full hotspot funding stream, according to sources involved in those talks.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Dormant seeding also gives the lawn a head start over weeds and provides more time for lawns to establish before the heat of summer arrives.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
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But just as quickly, the show has become a striking test case for the the growing movement to establish labor protections in reality TV.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison appointed him special commissioner to the Orient for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Macron will have to appoint a new Prime Minister—once again, of his own choosing.Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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Though states and municipalities are generally preempted from enacting their own limits, Congress allowed the EPA to waive the preemption rule to allow California to set certain regulations that are stricter than federal standards.Andrew Chung, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
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The school responded by enacting a dress code that resulted in many of those students being sent to detention.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 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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Uncovering a Forgotten History The discovery was initiated by a 1930s agricultural report referencing untended land filled with graves and trees—an area unsuitable for cultivation.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Many were elated when a human rights lawyer, Raúl Alfonsín, was sworn in as president and initiated trials of the junta’s top leadership.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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School representatives such as teachers, counselors, club advisers, communication staff and principals can nominate these high school students by 5 p.m. on Thursdays.Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2024
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At Brainstorm Design, Sheppard claimed that the flipbook, nominated for a Cannes Lion Award earlier this year, is on track to educate 120,000 children on handwashing techniques in Uganda and the Dominican Republic.Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
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Driven by a desire to fill the standard of care gaps, Dr. Halpert founded Immunocine Cancer Center.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Milton founded his style on the impersonality of ancient epic, and the resulting poem can feel more like the anonymous product of history than the effort of a single mind.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Constitute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constitute. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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