constitute
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As equity typically earns about 9% a year, that asset tax would constitute a marginal tax rate on the very richest of just 11% of their average annual gain.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
“These attacks constitute a dangerous escalation and an unacceptable transgression,” said a statement from the UAE’s foreign ministry, adding that it “reserves its full and legitimate right to respond to these attacks.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
This is because Jews constitute not only a religion but also a culture, and it is about more than goes on in synagogues and prayer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
But Roman will also study the invisible -- dark matter and dark energy, whose origins remain unknown but which are thought to constitute 95 percent of our universe.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Leisured, and skilled at abstracting from immediate experience, the scholar is able to see how aspects of individual experience constitute a culture.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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