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  • noun Plural form of composite.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of composite.

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Examples

  • There are no known short-term composites training programs in the nation, officials said.

    National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2009

  • There are no known short-term composites training programs in the nation, officials said.

    Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2009

  • The new replacement, called composites, look more like a tooth, bond better and make the tooth stronger — but they're also more expensive.

    Should you have your silver fillings replaced? 2011

  • The new replacement, called composites, look more like a tooth, bond better and make the tooth stronger — but they're also more expensive.

    Should you have your silver fillings replaced? 2011

  • Three of these composites, though taken from entirely different sets of individuals, are as alike as brothers, and it is found on optically combining any three out of the five composites, that is on combining almost any considerable number of the individuals, the result is closely the same.

    Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development Francis Galton 1866

  • So I think that it does give us the ability to move into component composites, which is kind of nice because in some cases, we can put some of our traditional product with composites on it so it kind of blends the 2 for us together.

    unknown title 2011

  • Helles' photos seemed too good to be true because they were-he was ripping animals off of stock photo sites and calling composites the real thing.

    Gizmodo Sam Biddle 2011

  • Auto makers have chosen to make cars smaller to make lightweight cars more affordable, instead of using alternate materials such as composites, aluminum, magnesium and titanium to maintain strength and size at a greater cost.

    CAFE Has the Incentives Backwards. 2009

  • Things that did not really happen are cited as "composites," which apparently means "We made it up."

    Nixon, Stone--And Me 2008

  • These visages were created by first digitally blending a series of faces from each race into "composites" to create average, middle-of-the-road features typical of each race.

    More Bullshit About Hapas 2006

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