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comprise
/kəmˈpraɪz/ verb [T]Definition
› to have as parts or members, or to be those parts or members: Teams are created to work on one specific project, and are comprised of people who have very different skills. Manufacturing comprises 14% of the state's economy.
(Definition of comprise verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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