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compose

[kuhm-pohz] / kəmˈpoʊz /




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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

By age 18, he would compose one of his first R&B songs, titled “Dame” — though the tenderly sung track wouldn’t be published until two years later.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Showtime’s “Twin Peaks: The Return,” which aired 18 episodes in 2017, was the most maximalist farewell imaginable, the kind of enormous canvas on which Lynch had always hoped to compose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

I have to let it go to voicemail, have to compose myself into the most like Zara I can be, before I answer.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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