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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by lolinder on Saturday May 06, 2023 @12:19PM (#35842769)
> the original is still more widespread than the new.

I'm not so sure. Google ngrams has the new usage recently taking over in published books[0], and those usually learn conservative in their usage.

[0] https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22comprised+o... (this works because ~no one uses comprise in the passive voice in the old meaning)

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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by smcl on Saturday May 06, 2023 @12:56PM (#35843148)
And use of the suggested (and more correct) alternative "composed of" is more common than both of them combined: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22comprised+o...
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