consist (of)

as in to comprise
to be made up of those cookies consist of flour, butter, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla

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Verb
  • Meanwhile, people aged 65 and older now comprise nearly 30 percent of the population.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Verb
  • Be warned: This page contains spoilers for today’s puzzle.
    New York Times Games, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • This doc directed by filmmaker Elizabeth Miyaji contains a new interview of the 27-year-old musician, who speaks candidly about the concept of the shows and his thoughts on the project.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The filing included purported text messages between Baldoni’s publicist, Jennifer Abel, and Nathan discussing the plan.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • This plan has included signing Paul Goldschmidt and Max Fried while also trading for Cody Bellinger and Devin Williams.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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