as in to comprise
to be made up of
those cookies consist of flour, butter, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla
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Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
4 May 2025 -
And that repeating first couplet — which comprises six of the poem’s 18 lines and occupied the first day of this challenge — will surely jingle in your pocket for a long time to come.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Wildfire smoke contains very dangerous, tiny pollutants called PM2.5 that can travel deep into the lungs or enter the bloodstream when inhaled.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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Indeed, data from NASA's Lunar Prospector mission revealed the lunar nearside contains up to 10 times more thorium than lunar farside.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
14 May 2025
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Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include: On Waterman Court, Danville, in February 2025, a 2,251-square-foot home was sold for $1,990,000, a price per square foot of $884.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
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For no ads on those two streamers, the plan costs $44.99 per month (ads will be included on any tier of the ESPN. app).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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“Consist (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consist%20%28of%29. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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