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During its fourth-quarter earnings call in January, the company said it expects Chinese sales to comprise only 20% of 2026 sales, though it made a similar prediction about 2025 that did not pan out.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The company’s optical circuit switches, co-packaged optics solutions and transceivers currently comprise a quarter of its total revenues — but it projects that these three areas will drive 60% of total revenue in two years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

AI can then scrutinize those smells, and the tech can figure out, for instance, exactly what volatile gases comprise a scent, in what combination, and what those combinations mean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Those expectations matter: small businesses comprise nearly 40% of private-sector payrolls.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Why, as Arthur Eddington liked to ask, do the nuclei that comprise my elbow not slide effortlessly through the nuclei that comprise the table?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan