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constitute

[kon-sti-toot, -tyoot] / ˈkɒn stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut /




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Submitting a false affidavit could constitute perjury, officials say.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

Its high-performance division, making chips for AI and 5G applications, now constitute almost two-thirds of its overall revenue.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Petrochemicals constitute nearly half of Iran’s non-oil exports, bringing in $18 billion in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Still more mainlanders arrived after 1945, especially after the Chinese Communists defeated the Chinese Nationalists in 1949, so that aborigines now constitute only 2 percent of Taiwan’s population.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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