Example Sentences

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Since 2020, women have comprised nearly half of each entering class of diplomats, and many women continue their careers after they marry.

From New York Times • May 7, 2024

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

Since the pandemic began 18 months ago, cumulatively, children have comprised 15% of coronavirus cases, according to an analysis by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2021

What his error exactly was is not very clear, but it seems to have comprised some of the erroneous doctrines attributed to Manes and Sabellius.

From Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) by Haines, Charles Reginald