constituent
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DHS was and is less than the sum of its constituent parts.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
The German DAX slipped 0.15% as the index’s second largest constituent, Siemens, nudged down 0.3% after falling 6.4% Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
These are comparisons of forward price/earnings ratios for the indexes, which are constituent companies’ prices divided by rolling consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates among analysts polled by LSEG, weighted by market capitalization.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026
In 2024, Labour MP Anna McMorrin told Parliament that a constituent "had all her counselling records used against her in a harrowing trial that she said was worse than the crime itself".
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Otto Hahn, the chemist, was breaking apart atoms to understand their constituent subatomic particles.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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