constitute

Example Sentences

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This categorization didn’t constitute a formal regulation; rather the agency was using its discretion not to go after compounders who used ingredients it deemed safe — those from the first category.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

While controversial in South Africa, courts have ruled it does not constitute hate speech and should be considered in the context of the struggle against white-minority rule that ended in 1994.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

A disclaimer in Jeffrey Epstein’s email signature was a provocation as much as a warning: The contents of this message “may constitute inside information.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Of these, roughly 263 million are outside the education system and constitute the potential young workforce.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

That is, the invisible corpuscles or atoms which, for a Cartesian, constitute light.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton