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
At the beginning of the film, viewers are treated to a brief glimpse of Linda’s quiet home life, consisting mostly of nights spent watching Survivor and tending to her pet cockatiel, Sweetie.
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Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
These relatively limited records from New Netherland consist mostly of what others said about them.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Their interest lay in the contemporary pop culture of their time, consisting largely of rock ‘n’ roll and beach movies starring Annette Fuicello and Frankie Avalon.
—Raj Tawney, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
And while larger masses of gold have been discovered over the years, all others have consisted mostly of intermixtures of gold and valueless rock.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
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Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
These relatively limited records from New Netherland consist mostly of what others said about them.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Their interest lay in the contemporary pop culture of their time, consisting largely of rock ‘n’ roll and beach movies starring Annette Fuicello and Frankie Avalon.
—Raj Tawney, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
And while larger masses of gold have been discovered over the years, all others have consisted mostly of intermixtures of gold and valueless rock.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
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The nebula’s colors appear vivid because of a filter in the spectrograph that allows specific wavelengths of light to pass through, corresponding to specific types of gas.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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Each box needs to correspond to a different title – no counting one book in multiple boxes!—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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This older bottleneck coincided with Shanghai’s urbanization.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
9 June 2026
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The trip coincides with the 65th anniversary of China and North Korea’s 1961 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, China’s only mutual defense treaty, which was signed less than a decade after Chinese troops fought with North Korea in the Korean war.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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For menstrual cups and discs, they're designed to be soft, flexible and conform to your body.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.—
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Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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“Consist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consist. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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