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1 —1 use as in:
compose a poem
Definition
to write or create something with care — especially music or a literary work, but could be other things as diverse as a plan or a letter
- In the living room, the music she'd found on Grace's radio had given way to a learned discussion about some composer she'd never heard of.Thirty-three (3% in)
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- She was composing an important memo to all her key people on how they should handle interference from Crawford Gates.Twenty-six (55% in)
- She broke off for a moment, composing herself.Four (79% in)
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