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comprise

[kuhm-prahyz] / kəmˈpraɪz /


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The biggest tech companies still comprise around a third of the S&P 500’s overall value, and continue to power around a fifth of its overall earnings growth.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

During ASML’s fourth-quarter earnings call in January, the company said it expects Chinese sales to comprise only 20% of 2026 sales.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Though much of southern Lebanon is predominantly Shiite, Kfar Chouba and its neighbors comprise a pocket of Christian, Druze and Sunni Muslim communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Harvard’s faculty will vote on a proposal to cap A’s per course, which now comprise over 50% of undergraduate grades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions—we can alter the way we thin-slice—by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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