- past tense form of constitute.
- past participle of constitute.
constituted
Example Sentences
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The president also took aim at FIFA’s use of slow-motion replay to decide whether Balogun’s stepping on an opponent’s ankle constituted a red-card offense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
A similarly constituted body could govern the AI fund’s investment priorities and distribution policy, shielded from both corporate lobbying and political pressures.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
In that case, the court held that acquiring seven days of historical cell-site location information constituted a search requiring a warrant.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Under the UFC Whereabouts Policy, the three failures constituted an anti-doping violation equivalent to a failed drug test.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Mainland Australia’s 300,000 hunter-gatherers were more numerous and less isolated than the Tasmanians but still constituted the smallest and most isolated human population of any of the continents.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
