comprise
verb (used with object)
to include or contain.
have comprised
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present perfectof comprise.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Historically, incarcerated firefighters have comprised up to 30% of the California wildfire force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
In recent years, Black people have comprised a smaller percentage of the incarcerated population than in decades past.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2023
These early trials have comprised fairly straightforward projects, Mr Baker explains - floor slabs, rather than walls or elevated platforms, which might be more risky.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2022
The running rally shows that close to 120,000 people who sat out the Nov. 3 elections have voted in the runoffs, and that Black voters have comprised 30% of the early voting electorate.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 4, 2021
And the migration to Virginia during these years we know to have comprised not less than thirty or thirty-five thousand persons.
From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
