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compose

[kuhm-pohz] / kəmˈpoʊz /




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You compose with your voice, and your document instantly takes shape.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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

So when a lucrative commission comes to Y, inviting him to compose a patriotic anthem for the “victory generation,” you already know what his answer is.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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

He gives me a second to compose myself and then he asks, “Are we done with the video thing?”

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh




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