constitutive

Example Sentences

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"We shall always support anything that all three constitutive peoples agree upon," Vucic said, referring to Bosnia's Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats and Muslim Bosniaks.

From Reuters • Apr. 15, 2023

But in Meacham’s treatment, such personal details function as supporting pieces in a story designed around high-stakes campaign speeches, the constitutive ritual of inaugurations and grave moments of statesmanship.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2022

The trp operon is constitutive and remains ON by default, whereas the lac operon is repressible and therefore is OFF by default.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The great thing about these two constitutive aspects of our political system, we have long been told, is that they are mutually reinforcing.

From Slate • May 31, 2018

It is not so usual nowadays to call these intrinsic constitutive principles of things causes of the latter; but they verify the general definition of cause.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter