How to Use constituent in a Sentence

constituent

1 of 2 noun
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  • Many senators have received calls from constituents who want them to vote in favor of the law.
  • She's pledged to help her elderly constituents.
  • Many are not aware of these shifts per constituent group.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The endosperm is the largest part of the kernel and the biggest constituent in white flours and breads.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The last main constituent of milk is the milkfat that exists as globules in the milk.
    — Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2015
  • Brooks explains, not one to throw any of his constituents under the bus.
    — Lauren Larson, GQ, 22 June 2017
  • While many of us have heard the stories of abuses, a constituent of mine has lived it.
    — Judy L. Thomas, kansascity, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Reporters spilled from the gallery to the jury box, joined by a handful of constituents.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 11 May 2023
  • The two of them walked through the doors of the polling place hand in hand after greeting a constituent leaving the building.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The effect on those constituents would be quickly felt.
    — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 23 May 2017
  • Most of the constituents who came in, his aides told me, were seniors who shouldn’t have been out.
    — Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 18 Mar. 2020
  • The past is an essential, inescapable constituent of the present.
    — Vogue, 12 July 2021
  • Hobbs told the station she's been flooded with constituent calls about the scandal.
    — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • That view might be tough for some constituents to accept, but he’s right.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2019
  • One of his constituents died from the coronavirus just days later.
    — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Weaver adds, Kasich is focused on the lives of his constituents.
    — Lisa Miller, Daily Intelligencer, 29 Oct. 2017
  • The perfect person to tax is someone who’s not your constituent.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Those constituents did not return The Star’s phone calls.
    — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 22 Oct. 2017
  • The constituent is just singularly focused on the line.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2021
  • Capsaicin is a major constituent of chili peppers and gives them their spicy kick.
    — Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Getting potholes and streetlights fixed and tending to constituent services were all part of the job.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • The same is true in the House, as members and constituents may lose trust in someone who has been censured.
    — Allie Feinberg, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2023
  • Her goal, mainly, is to give constituents at home another choice on the ballot for the first time in over a decade.
    — Elly Belle, refinery29.com, 4 Mar. 2020
  • But it can also be seen as a politician unable to keep even the most basic promise to his constituents.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, 22 May 2018
  • This was, of course, a for-profit enterprise and risk is a constituent part of that business.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Nick Freitas told a group of constituents at a town hall recently.
    — Alan Suderman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Davidman determines whether and to what degree the office will help a constituent.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2021
  • Our challenge is getting politicians to listen to their constituents rather than the gun lobby.
    — Marie Claire, 11 Feb. 2016
  • Last spring, tensions between the school district’s board of trustees and its constituents reached a boiling point.
    — Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 1 June 2020
  • Other representatives spoke about how their constituents were afraid to come to the city.
    — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
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constituent

2 of 2 adjective
  • The company can be separated into several constituent parts.
  • Maybe there is more to food than its constituent parts.
    — WIRED, 22 Feb. 2023
  • That will tell you which plant the vehicle was assembled at and the sources for its constituent parts.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The islands are a constituent country of the Netherlands, part of the EU.
    — Max Colchester and Margot Patrick, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Many of the constituent parts of METV are doing even worse.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The basic concept is to heat the plastics to break their chemical bonds and reduce them down to their constituent parts.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2021
  • But at the least, findings like this should promote a fuller understanding of cannabis and its constituent parts.
    — Chris Roberts, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • The breakup of the Arab Joint List into its constituent factions also aided the right.
    — WSJ, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Both had multiple constituent groups who needed to understand the process and the implications of the merger in their lives.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The scenario: The president steps down or is asked to step down under pressure from one or more constituent groups.
    — David Rosowsky, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • These changes are a small chipping-away at a system that destroys lives but that can be broken down into its constituent parts.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The laptop market is a crowded place, with countless combinations of the constituent parts.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Lawmakers said a tremendous amount of work has gone into drafting the bill and engaging with a broad array of constituent groups over the last year.
    — Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2022
  • One of the constituent parts of that pizza is glucose, a molecule that gets absorbed into your bloodstream.
    — AZCentral.com, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Each of these can be subdivided into constituent parts.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 8 May 2021
  • Games, in other words, cannot be judged solely in terms of their scores, stories, scenery, and other constituent arts.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 30 June 2023
  • The constituent green tea provides a mountain of antioxidants to strengthen and protect your hair, while the saw palmetto soothes the scalp.
    — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Big Green went into receivership and then was broken into constituent parts and sold off.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Presidents have dealt with constituent mail differently over the years.
    — Jeanne Marie Laskas, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2017
  • Crist said his staff would continue to provide constituent services until then.
    — Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Leftovers from several meals pulled from the fridge somehow combine into a dish that’s even better than its constituent parts.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 23 July 2021
  • In every scenario, the eastern ice shelf will meet a fate similar to the western ice tongue: its constituent shards will disconnect and drift away.
    — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Evasion made palpable is constituent of both the structure and sense of Faulkner’s stories.
    — Michael Gorra, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Some decades after the painting was done, that area seems to have deteriorated into small islands of paint and become less clear due to the constituent parts of the paint.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • And views follow a similar pattern in relation to constituent voter groups.
    — Kabir Khanna, CBS News, 21 July 2021
  • Burning wood breaks these molecules apart and releases their constituent elements into the air (plus a lot of heat).
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 June 2023
  • Six council members do not maintain constituent service funds, citing the concerns from watchdog groups.
    — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2020
  • When the councilman’s office began announcing constituent events, activists made sure to be there.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • One controversy involved the amount of tax dollars spent on constituent mailings that were produced by companies with ties to his campaign.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 12 Oct. 2020
  • On nearby tables are cut-outs from dressmaking patterns, with the constituent parts of the enveloping garment nearby.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2021

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