Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for comprise. Search instead for Oysters comprise.
Definitions

comprise

[kuhm-prahyz] / kəmˈpraɪz /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Total orders for durable goods—which comprise goods meant to last three years or more—increased in July by 1.1% to $339.3 billion, compared with a 0.5% increase in June.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Cases in the U.S. comprise only the smallest fraction of those numbers, with annual deaths usually in the low hundreds and diagnosed cases in the thousands.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

U.S. revenues now comprise 81% of the overall business, up from 73% last year, Palantir CFO David Glazer told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

For Dan Tana’s, as far as ghosts go, they comprise a who’s who of Hollywood royalty.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions—we can alter the way we thin-slice—by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Written by Phoebe Eclair-Powell, it comprises three stories over six episodes, with a longer mystery running below and the halting romantic do-si-do sprinkled on top.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

The G20 comprises 19 nations plus the European Union and the African Union.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Shein said its product selection comprises of more than 2 million apparel styles, with customers able to select from about 4,700 new styles on a daily basis.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Her forearm tattoo comprises geometric shapes symbolising different members and aspects of her family.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

In Newspeak it is called doublethink, although doublethink comprises much else as well.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The transaction implies a total enterprise value of approximately $7.7 billion, comprised of an equity purchase price of approximately $4.6 billion and approximately $3.1 billion of debt.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The flesh of this movie is its body, comprised of nebulous ideas.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Not only in the sheer existence of the AI itself, which is comprised of literal stolen material, but in robbing creators of their process.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

According to data from Circana, they comprised 1.6% of women’s total footwear sales for the 12 months ending in June; that was a bit up from 1.4% a year ago.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

They comprised olives, figs, dates, pomegranates, and grapes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The council owns a County Farms Estate, comprising about 16,500 acres and 149 holdings for tenants.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

By researching court records and newspapers, Mr. White discovered new information about this important neighborhood, comprising some 264 people in 1855, which was torn down during the construction of Central Park.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The vast Theban necropolis, comprising an area of around 10km², was Egypt’s main royal and elite cemetery for half a millennium, from ca.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

The team, comprising around 90 army and police personnel, first broke through into the upper part of a mud-swamped 3A tunnel on Saturday night, pumping air inside and sending in a camera.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

It is a simple creature, ten inches long, comprising a rubbery spout and a venom sac.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling




Vocabulary lists containing comprise


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training