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as in comprised
to be all the substance of
nine players constitute a baseball team
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as in founded
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 appointed
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 enacted
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 constituted
Aside from donations, which constituted the lion’s share of its earnings, the collective reported generating $595,486 in sponsorship fees.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 10 Dec. 2024
In August, the WHO Director-General declared that mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the region constituted a public health emergency of international concern.
—Dave Wessner, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
All that fuel, burned up by all those miles driven, made lead pervasive in the air and soil and constituted the single largest exposure source of lead for more than a generation.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
The plaintiffs – led by Nostalgic Partners, LLC, owner of the Staten Island Yankees – alleged that MLB’s plan constituted a horizontal agreement among competitors to artificially restrict the market for affiliation agreements between minor league clubs and MLB clubs.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
That alone—ranking her merely second best—may have already constituted blasphemy for some of Swift’s fans.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 28 Nov. 2024
Directioners—any fandom worth its salt needs a nickname—constituted what can fairly be called a new wave of Beatlemania for the internet age.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
The demographics In 2020, the nearly 30 counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area constituted about 60 percent of Georgia's vote, making any shifts in that part of the state especially consequential.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 10 Dec. 2024
In August, the WHO Director-General declared that mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the region constituted a public health emergency of international concern.
—Dave Wessner, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
All that fuel, burned up by all those miles driven, made lead pervasive in the air and soil and constituted the single largest exposure source of lead for more than a generation.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
The plaintiffs – led by Nostalgic Partners, LLC, owner of the Staten Island Yankees – alleged that MLB’s plan constituted a horizontal agreement among competitors to artificially restrict the market for affiliation agreements between minor league clubs and MLB clubs.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
That alone—ranking her merely second best—may have already constituted blasphemy for some of Swift’s fans.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 28 Nov. 2024
Directioners—any fandom worth its salt needs a nickname—constituted what can fairly be called a new wave of Beatlemania for the internet age.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
The demographics In 2020, the nearly 30 counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area constituted about 60 percent of Georgia's vote, making any shifts in that part of the state especially consequential.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constituted
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Subscribers in that tier jumped 35% for the quarter and comprised 50% of new sign-ups.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
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African American students comprised 8% of the student body in 2022, according to data the school provided to the education research site Niche.Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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One such community is EO, founded in 1987 by Verne Harnish and twenty-two other entrepreneurs.Colin C. Campbell, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Daily Pennsylvanian—Penn’s student newspaper—reported that Mangione founded the school’s Game Research and Development Environment club and that he was inducted into the Eta Kappa Nu honor society for excellence in electrical and computer engineering before graduating in 2020.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Galliano was appointed creative director at Maison Margiela in 2014, his first posting since his scandalous exit from Dior in 2011.Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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He was later appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals.Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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That means the new 119th Congress, sworn in January 2025, could vote to reverse any of Biden’s policies enacted after about the beginning of August 2024, with a simple majority.Dipka Bhambhani, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Since it was enacted in California in January, 32 alerts have been issued and 27 young Black people found, Bradford said.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Beyond his film work, Rahman composed for the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony and has collaborated with artists including U2, Mick Jagger’s SuperHeavy, and Michael Bolton.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 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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For instances onstage, Lachman established breathtaking silhouettes of the soprano from behind to act as an invitation.Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Trust is intangible, yet self-evident—and best established in the kinds of face-to-face interactions that are unfortunately being de-prioritized across every industry.Koray Köse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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At least Fiennes has been nominated.Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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President Biden nominated Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget.Elena Moore, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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The United Kingdom, an ally of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), announced this week that its new anti-drone laser passed a key test.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The country’s senate in Prague today passed a number of amendments that will make top-line changes to the Audiovisual Act beginning in January.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Constituted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constituted. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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