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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Mostly the products of Budapest’s investment in a conservative intellectual infrastructure, part of the unofficial delegation consisted of six students from the Matthias Corvinus Institute.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
The research team consisted of scientists from the Guangxi Museum of Natural History, the Cultural Relics Administration of Ningming County and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Additionally, shark sightings were nearly entirely logged near bagans, which consist of a large net suspended from a floating wooden frame.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere in the episode, Olympia and her team — which also consists of Billy (David Del Rio) and Sarah (Leah Lewis) — take on an arson case.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
The research team consisted of scientists from the Guangxi Museum of Natural History, the Cultural Relics Administration of Ningming County and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Additionally, shark sightings were nearly entirely logged near bagans, which consist of a large net suspended from a floating wooden frame.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere in the episode, Olympia and her team — which also consists of Billy (David Del Rio) and Sarah (Leah Lewis) — take on an arson case.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Consist of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consist%20of. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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