constitute
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Guy and Bruno constitute the two halves of a single personality, the yin and the yang, the superego and the id.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
There were some similarities between the Martinez and Salah situations, with foot-on-foot contact, but not enough to constitute a penalty.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
More generally, female dispersal and the tendency for males to remain in their natal group also constitute a predominant pattern among the great apes.
From Science Daily • Jul. 7, 2026
The report documents instances that may constitute federal wire fraud, revealing that unsuspecting private donors who intended to support the congressionally chartered foundation were apparently surreptitiously handed Freedom 250’s bank account and routing numbers instead.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026
This was indeed a disturbing notion, for it was not hard to see that Miss Kenton's departure would constitute a professional loss of some magnitude, a loss Darlington Hall would have some difficulty recovering from.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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