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The argument goes that 'to comprise' means to include, as in 'the 9th district comprises all of Centerville and parts of Easton and Weston.' And thus, 'the 9th district is comprised of...'. is gibberish.
From the stylebook: comprise means consist of.
Computational models, comprising quantitative data on the interacting molecular participants in these events, provide a means for applying the scientific method to these complex systems.
Even though this protein class comprises >400 signaling proteins of paramount importance in the nervous system, most lack any means for selectively altering their functions.
"Comprise" means "take together"; you have to comprise more than one thing.
Comprise means has or contains something.
They comprise general evaluation frameworks meant for the evaluation of different aspects of foresight projects execution, with respect to the process and results, including foresight impact as one of evaluated aspects as well as frameworks devoted strictly to the foresight impact evaluation.
Subsidized Stafford loans for undergraduate students, which are meant for borrowers from low- and moderate-income households, comprise roughly a quarter of all new federal student loan originations.
Given that the other players include a pair of Mitty-esque waiters and a chef-cum-weekend father ready to gamble away money meant for his daughter, it is clear that this is a school comprised of badly damaged pupils.
"I mean — for science".
I mean for us".
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