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constituting

ADJECTIVE
constituent
Synonyms
STRONG
basic combining composing division essential factor fraction fundamental ingredient integral portion
WEAK
elemental forming
Antonyms
STRONG
accessory additional auxiliary extra inessential minor nonessential secondary unimportant
WEAK
whole
ADJECTIVE
making
Synonyms
STRONG
aggregating completing computing concluding producing reckoning summing
WEAK
adding up to consisting of
NOUN
establishing
Synonyms
STRONG
beginning building chartering endowing fixing founding implementing inaugurating initiating instituting organizing originating regulating settling stabilizing starting subsidizing
WEAK
setting up
Antonyms
WEAK
dissolving ending tearing down
NOUN
making
Synonyms
STRONGEST
formulation
STRONG
authoring building causation composition conception construction contriving designing devising fabrication fancying fashioning forging occasioning origination performing planning producing production shaping
Antonyms
STRONG
destruction ruin

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It found Kim guilty of manipulating the share price of Deutsch Motors, a South Korean car dealer, which it ruled a "collusive... trading act constituting market manipulation".

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

According to McKinsey & Co., the total quantum industry — computing, communications and sensing — could grow into a $97 billion market by 2035, with quantum computing constituting the lion’s share.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

Public health experts have gone so far as to describe social isolation and loneliness as constituting a public health crisis in the United States.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2025

County are natives of Mexico and Central America, Asian immigrants make up the second-largest group, constituting 16% of people in the county without legal authorization, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2025

A total of 241 signs or letters was neatly divided by etched vertical lines into groups of several signs, possibly constituting words.

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