How to Use consist in in a Sentence
consist in
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Rather, goodness consists in caring for the neighbor and stranger.
—Mahan Mirza, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2024
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The rhetorical trick consists in deleting the principal from the sentence.
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
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Margins may be minute, and trading often consisting in further festival placements.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
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For Ne’ilah, the eminence of humanity consists in the ability to repent and set things right before man and God.
—Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
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Munger’s partner Warren Buffett famously said his job consisted in being fearful in those seasons when others are greedy and being greedy in those seasons when others are fearful.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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The plaudit consists in a €10,000 ($11,700) in-kind award in post-production services granted by Barcelona’s Antaviana.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
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Sugimoto’s ecoformalism consists in challenging this self-flattering intuition.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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The musician’s two minor children, daughter Emani and son Kross, were paid their inheritance consisting in cash and other assets, TMZ reported citing court documents.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
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The prize consists in the acquisition of the non-commercial and non-exclusive broadcasting rights for five years for a value of €4,000 – €6,000 depending on the genre and length of the film and the number of available territories.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
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The Lunar Exploration Analogue Deployment (LEAD) consisted in replicating scenarios of a lunar sample return mission.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2020
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