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constituting

ADJECTIVE
constituent
Synonyms
STRONG
basic combining composing division essential factor fraction fundamental ingredient integral portion
WEAK
elemental forming
Antonyms
STRONG
accessory additional auxiliary extra inessential minor nonessential secondary unimportant
WEAK
whole
ADJECTIVE
making
Synonyms
STRONG
aggregating completing computing concluding producing reckoning summing
WEAK
adding up to consisting of
NOUN
establishing
Synonyms
STRONG
beginning building chartering endowing fixing founding implementing inaugurating initiating instituting organizing originating regulating settling stabilizing starting subsidizing
WEAK
setting up
Antonyms
WEAK
dissolving ending tearing down
NOUN
making
Synonyms
STRONGEST
formulation
STRONG
authoring building causation composition conception construction contriving designing devising fabrication fancying fashioning forging occasioning origination performing planning producing production shaping
Antonyms
STRONG
destruction ruin

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It found Kim guilty of manipulating the share price of Deutsch Motors, a South Korean car dealer, which it ruled a "collusive... trading act constituting market manipulation".

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

According to McKinsey & Co., the total quantum industry — computing, communications and sensing — could grow into a $97 billion market by 2035, with quantum computing constituting the lion’s share.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

He proposed that home and work are our first and second “places,” with “people places” designed to strengthen local ties and foster the common good constituting these “third” spaces.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025

Right now ILA members’ base hourly wage is $39, which they wish to gradually increase to $69 over the next six years, constituting an eventual 77 percent raise.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

The enthusiasm Olmsted had identified during his travels, though still far from constituting a tidal wave, at last seemed to begin propelling visitors to Jackson Park.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson