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Recent Examples of consist The Los Angeles experience consists mostly of such tangential connections and brief grazes of luxury. Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025 Your meals will consist mainly of vegetables, fruits, lean proteins, and healthy fats. Lindsey Desoto, Health, 4 Sep. 2025 In most of its operational cities, Waymo's fleet consists solely of Jaguar I-Pace vehicles. PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025 On defense, the rotation up front will consist largely of newcomers, but four players in the back seven either started or received extensive playing time as juniors. Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for consist
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Verb
  • WalletHub then evaluated the five dimensions using 45 relevant metrics, with their corresponding weights.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Two years after the Golden State Valkyries paid $50 million as a league expansion fee, the three franchises set to enter into the league in 2028, 2029 and 2030 were announced with a corresponding $250 million expansion fee.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The actress and singer appeared to be caught off guard during Monday's episode of Today after interviewer Melvin bluntly noted that the filming the movie coincided with the finalization of her divorce from Ben Affleck, who executive-produced the musical, earlier this year.
    Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Deadline has confirmed that the original artwork was replaced by stills from the Ian Fleming spy movies over the weekend, following a social media backlash that coincided with James Bond Day on October 5.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The high-compression fabric conforms to the body, while the double-layered waistband ensures a secure fit.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • For example, some birds of prey did not conform to the male advantage among birds, with female falcons and hawks in zoos outliving their male counterparts, according to the study.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Government leaders and local experts on transit agree one-way streets, which were intended to make travel faster for commuters heading in and out of downtown, present safety concerns.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Oct. 2025
  • An undercover operation in 2022 revealed that Komarczyk and his associate, Irazmar Carbajal, agreed to move $100,000 of what the FBI believed to be sanctioned money belonging to members of Venezuela’s government.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Consist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consist. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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