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composition

[kom-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌkɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən /




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A July trip to Target to get everything on her list — among the items, two packs of wired headphones, Band-Aids, eight folders and four composition notebooks — cost about $230.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

These findings point to another possible strategy: changing the composition of the food on the plate rather than simply reducing the amount of food eaten.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Study author Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe said the results indicate that the body may already be adjusting to changes in the composition of the atmosphere.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Nor is collage-like composition unable to convey a depth of emotion—one can find plenty of that in the work of Deborah Roberts, a contemporary of Mr. Adams who deals with many of the same themes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

June 4.1 got A on my composition today.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

To construct the device, the researchers added silver nanoparticles to a layer of customized DNA sequences -- specially designed to be of certain compositions and lengths -- that was integrated with thin films of perovskite.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

In one sense, he was selling himself short: “Revolver” featured three Harrison compositions, a glut of new material that included “Taxman,” “Love You To” and “I Want to Tell You.”

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

More complex compositions - with ultrafast trills and combinations that contain lots of information - are more common in temperate forests, where birds tend to communicate at closer range.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Last cycle, seven states had their most expensive judicial elections ever, including Montana and Kentucky, states with partisan compositions more like Kansas.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

Most of the residents listen to jazz on the radio, but she prefers classical, especially Johannes Brahms, a nineteenth-century German composer known for his beautifully crafted, heartfelt compositions.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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