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ARMs comprised a third of all mortgages at points in the mid-2000s, and they accounted for the majority of subprime mortgages during the housing bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Among those sources of conflict expressed in “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” are the years that comprised the Harlem Renaissance, or the New Negro Movement as it was often referred to at the time.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
GDP in 1913 — which was $39.5 billion, according to Measuring Worth — Rockefeller’s wealth comprised 2.3% of total national output, or the equivalent of roughly $742 billion in today’s economy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Lee's office said it would be an expansion of earlier assistance which was comprised of non-lethal items including helmets, personal armour and medical equipment.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
I knew that West Baltimore, where I lived; that the north side of Philadelphia, where my cousins lived; that the South Side of Chicago, where friends of my father lived, comprised a world apart.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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