as in comprising
to be made up of
those cookies consist of flour, butter, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla
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The Brecon, originally built in 1914 and now comprising 18 rooms and four suites, parallels Singer’s approach to artistically blending past and present.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
1 June 2026 -
Students and young filmmakers pitched before a fiction jury comprising Pedro Andrade of Lab Barcelona, Manuel Lacasa of Abycine Lanza and Filmin programmer Elody Mellado.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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In the center, the team placed an artificial blue flower containing a sugary solution and let the bees explore it.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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But despite completing initiatives to remove SSNs and other sensitive personal data from its systems, the official said Columbia inadvertently missed a legacy database containing my SSN.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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The rescue caps off the busiest season ever on Everest with more than 1,000 climbers summiting the mountain’s south side, including a record 274 in a single day on May 20.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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NellaSpec also offers a reusable option for clinical settings that is now in hospitals including the Cleveland Clinic, UC Systems, Kaiser, and Columbia, and the cost is part of the exam, according to the company.—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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“Consisting (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consisting%20%28of%29. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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