constitute
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“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
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
But even taken all together, do they constitute an existential threat to the contiguous United States or our interests abroad?
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
The David Geffen Galleries building, the newest of four that constitute the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is a work of furious originality and ambition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Those geographic differences constitute important ultimate answers to Yali’s question about why different peoples ended up with disparate degrees of power and affluence.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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