How to Use constitute in a Sentence

constitute

verb
Definition of constitutenext
Synonyms for constitutenext
  • Women constitute 70 percent of the student population at the college.
  • Does that constitute a protest and does one of us have to stay outside?
    — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2018
  • Wood or stone walls and maybe a glimpse of a garden constitute the views.
    — Mike Dunne, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2020
  • And while all constitute small packages, the best crappie lures pack in a lot.
    — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The pipeline as constituted today has proved to be more than enough to help the club, too.
    — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019
  • Now the pair of fans are arguing this constitutes a breach of contract.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But experts say the destabilization and the scale of the protests were enough to constitute an asylum claim.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But these hardly constitute the entirety of what gets in the way.
    — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The fight over what constitutes approval of tax measures is not new at the state and local level.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • If a pitcher leaves the hill and talks to Eaves, that constitutes a team visit.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2018
  • And in many cases, what looks like a cost may turn out in the long run to constitute a kind of benefit.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The judgment of what constitutes strong or tepid job growth has shifted as the expansion ages.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • There’s been a lot of confusion over the years about what constitutes a healthy breakfast.
    — Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 15 June 2019
  • If my son is sitting at the kitchen island next to a butcher block, does that constitute a weapon?
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 12 June 2020
  • The company does not list a set number of guests that constitute a party.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2020
  • But there is one caveat to all of this, which will constitute the subject of this article.
    — Xenia Muntean, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • And simply because many of those facts were part of the play, that did not constitute infringement.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The cities say emissions constitute a public nuisance and that their cases belong in the courts.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • In most games, those numbers would constitute a loss for the opponent.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Whether the mission might evolve – and what would constitute success – remains to be seen.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2022
  • In its judgment, the district court found that the deed transfer did not legally constitute a sale.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Note that the law does not just constitute and codify claims to property.
    — Adam Tooze, The New York Review of Books, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Even if big steps this winter constitute modest steps next year.
    — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The back and forth on what constitutes good office design is enough to give a middle manager whiplash.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 10 Oct. 2018
  • An open manhole cover on the stage could constitute a fall hazard, one staffer warned.
    — New York Times, 6 July 2021
  • Or take the debate over whether emoji constitute a language.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • Or were his girlfriend's words enough to constitute murder?
    — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2019
  • Orion is fairly easy to spot in the night sky — just look for the three stars in a row that constitute Orion's belt.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The fact that this help is paid for can constitute a barrier for the coach, as help is usually offered for free.
    — Xavier Preterit, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • People are ashamed of their misdeeds, and this constitutes suffering, which makes up for the bad deeds.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023

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