comprised of

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: made up of
The play is comprised of three acts.

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Afterward, Fauci met with a Chinese delegation, comprised of various CCP members, to debrief them on the NIH’s collaborative work with China. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026 Jerusalem — The strike plan called for hitting a vast underground complex in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, comprised of dozens of rooms and a network of interconnecting tunnels. — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 Astronomers have discovered the most distant and earliest blazar, comprised of an erupting supermassive black hole aiming its plasma jets directly at Earth. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The 20-team EuroLeague is comprised of 13 shareholder clubs immune from relegation. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comprised of

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