1
as in to prepare
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form
composed a statement on this hot-button issue that managed to satisfy absolutely no one
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2
as in to comprise
to be all the substance of
the earth's crust is composed of mostly silicon with several other elements in smaller amounts
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as in to calm
to free from distress or disturbance
the first order of business was to compose the injured pedestrian
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Lola Young is the top nominee for The Ivors 2025, which celebrate achievements in songwriting and screen composing across eight categories.
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025
Isaac Garcia, also known as Kawai Sprite, composes these ridiculous and riveting soundtracks.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2025
Retired educators: The Retired Educators of Osceola County is composed of people who are retired from the field of education from anywhere in the country.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2025
At the microscopic level, fluids are composed of particles—little billiard balls bopping around and occasionally colliding—and Newton’s laws of motion work well to describe their trajectories.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025
Isaac Garcia, also known as Kawai Sprite, composes these ridiculous and riveting soundtracks.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2025
Retired educators: The Retired Educators of Osceola County is composed of people who are retired from the field of education from anywhere in the country.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2025
At the microscopic level, fluids are composed of particles—little billiard balls bopping around and occasionally colliding—and Newton’s laws of motion work well to describe their trajectories.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
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Currently, the world’s cardinals are preparing for the papal conclave this Wednesday, hosting general congregations ahead of the Vatican event that will see the Sistine Chapel’s ceremonial chimney eventually release white smoke in celebration of the election of the 267th pope.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
4 May 2025
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Workers have been preparing for the meeting of cardinals, set to begin May 7, which will end with the election of a new pope.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
4 May 2025
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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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Congo and Rwanda hope the involvement of the United States -- and the incentive of major investment if there's enough security for U.S. companies to work safely in east Congo -- will calm the fighting and militia violence that have defied peacekeeping and negotiation since the mid-1990s.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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The company’s prospects remain unclear, but newly named CEO Ivan Espinosa calmed the waters somewhat, instilling new confidence in dealers and revealing a handful of upcoming vehicles to the public recently.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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So Koester compiled a database that now contains more than 500,000 missing person searches dating back to the 1970s.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Summary The gut microbiome contains many microorganisms.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
2 May 2025
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Guerra wrote tactical notes about how to conduct the search, attended an operational briefing and distributed pictures of the suspect and the house.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Of the trio, Bernadette was written as the strictest rule-follower — possibly even the most narrow-minded.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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These statements do not constitute and cannot replace investment advice.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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This area of the world constitutes a wide swath of cultures and regions with varied and nuanced cuisines.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 May 2025
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Visitors might at first be lulled into thinking the space is simply a chic apartment with a design studio tucked into the living space.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Although there were promising deposits in the United States, China flooded the market, dropping prices and lulling companies into purchasing Chinese minerals.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Brennan drafts the race at the Tour de Romandie, before shooting out at such a speed that no other rider can follow in his own slipstream.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The Jets drafted Georgia wide receiver Arian Smith, who has blazing-fast speed.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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