as in to correspond
to be in agreement on every point
that account consists with the information in the other reports
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Recent Examples of consist
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.
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Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Although its membership consists mostly of appointees named by Biden, the members historically avoid political conflicts.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
There is a tendency to assume that a user-AI relationship is a stark dichotomy, consisting solely of either being in a purely healthy user-AI relationship or a purely unhealthy user-AI relationship.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Several geologists consulted by The New York Times said that an Iranian survey of the Fordo area, published in 2020 in Geopersia, an academic journal from the University of Tehran, indicates that the rock there consists largely of ignimbrite, a type of volcanic rock.
—Samuel Granados, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Although its membership consists mostly of appointees named by Biden, the members historically avoid political conflicts.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
There is a tendency to assume that a user-AI relationship is a stark dichotomy, consisting solely of either being in a purely healthy user-AI relationship or a purely unhealthy user-AI relationship.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Several geologists consulted by The New York Times said that an Iranian survey of the Fordo area, published in 2020 in Geopersia, an academic journal from the University of Tehran, indicates that the rock there consists largely of ignimbrite, a type of volcanic rock.
—Samuel Granados, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consist
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The entity lists an address that corresponds to a San Francisco office of the Jordan Park Group, a financial investment company.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, Whitehouse is not yet the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a title that tends to correspond, roughly, to tenure.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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That sentiment has coincided with plummeting sales of Teslas, particularly in Europe.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Williams, 92, is a Jamaican immigrant with end-stage kidney disease whose roof, parts of which are nine and 19 years old, began to leak after a period of heavy weather in late September that coincided with the passage of Hurricane Helene.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Women are gaining ground not by conforming to traditional leadership norms but by reshaping them.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The memory foam conforms to your head to relieve pressure, and the cooling case helps with temperature.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Likewise, endorsing the belief that a college degree is important for economic success is different than agreeing that the typical college curriculum equips students with essential job skills.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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On Friday, Chelsea agreed a deal to sign Emanuel Emegha from BlueCo sister club RC Strasbourg in a move that will be finalised in 2026.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Consist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consist. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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