consist of
phrasal verb
consisted of; consisting of; consists of
: to be formed or made up of (specified things or people)
Breakfast consisted of cereal, fruit, and orange juice.
Coal consists mostly of carbon.
His wardrobe consists almost entirely of jeans and T-shirts.
The crowd consisted mainly/largely of teenage girls.
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Aside from the collaborative Love for Sale LP with Tony Bennett and the Joker: Folie a Deux-accompanying Harlequin set — both of which mostly consisted of covers of pop standards — Mayhem is Gaga’s first official album in nearly half a decade, since the summer 2020 release of Chromatica.
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
With our business applications suite (which consists of six files that represent a cross-section of typical business documents), the 4201dw proved very strong, though not quite as leading-edge with documents that include graphics.
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The manga consists of 126 chapters spread over 15 volumes, which is roughly the length of two seasons of the main series anime, suggesting this series might be split up into multiple parts.
—Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Though reluctant to intervene too explicitly in Argentine politics, Francis criticized the social costs of Macri’s economic program, which mostly consisted of austerity measures and an unsustainable deregulation of the dollar exchange rate.
—Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
With our business applications suite (which consists of six files that represent a cross-section of typical business documents), the 4201dw proved very strong, though not quite as leading-edge with documents that include graphics.
—David English, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
The manga consists of 126 chapters spread over 15 volumes, which is roughly the length of two seasons of the main series anime, suggesting this series might be split up into multiple parts.
—Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Though reluctant to intervene too explicitly in Argentine politics, Francis criticized the social costs of Macri’s economic program, which mostly consisted of austerity measures and an unsustainable deregulation of the dollar exchange rate.
—Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Consist of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consist%20of. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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