compose
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You compose with your voice, and your document instantly takes shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“I started getting tattoos,” he continued, “and then I thought: not difficult enough. Why don’t I compose some really niche, obscure film scores for films that don’t exist and burden your Monday night?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The state ostensibly has a “merit selection” system, in which nominating commissions compose lists of the most qualified applicants for judgeships, and the governor chooses from the list.
From Slate • May 11, 2026
This routine begins to unravel into a quest for identity and existential meaning when Y is hired to compose a new patriotic anthem.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Reynie had just begun to compose a mental letter to Miss Perumal when Sticky whispered into the darkness.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Vocabulary lists containing compose
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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List 5
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