to constitute
Example Sentences
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There were some similarities between the Martinez and Salah situations, with foot-on-foot contact, but not enough to constitute a penalty.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Those contracts are set to constitute about 40% of Micron’s revenue, and the company hopes to raise that percentage.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
But was it so outrageous as to constitute a violation of his oath?
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026
Staten Island’s population isn’t big enough to constitute a House seat by itself, so for decades the 11th district has also grabbed parts of Brooklyn, which is right over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
To acknowledge that the Japanese language is related to any other language seems to constitute a surrender of cultural identity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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