consist of
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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Taffur is believed to have been wearing an all-black outfit that consisted of a black hoodie, black pants and black Converse sneakers at the time of her disappearance.
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Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Executive Editor Roger Simmons, Opinion Editor Krys Fluker and Viewpoints Editor Jay Reddick.
—The Virginian Pilot and Daily Press Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
The crew consisted of Bezos, his half brother Mark, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and Blue Origin’s first paying customer, a Dutch teenager named Oliver Daemen.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
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Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Executive Editor Roger Simmons, Opinion Editor Krys Fluker and Viewpoints Editor Jay Reddick.
—The Virginian Pilot and Daily Press Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
The crew consisted of Bezos, his half brother Mark, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and Blue Origin’s first paying customer, a Dutch teenager named Oliver Daemen.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
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“Consist of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consist%20of. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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