consisted

Definition of consistednext
past tense of consist

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of consisted So bad did things seem in those early days that US aid to Kyiv consisted mainly of offers to evacuate President Zelensky before the capital fell. David Szondy may 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026 The overwhelmingly white matinee crowd consisted mostly of older people and included several of the musicians' family members. CBS News, 2 May 2026 For one, the unprecedented pay package awarded last year consisted entirely of equity award grants. Bloomberg, Oc Register, 1 May 2026 The overwhelmingly white matinee crowd consisted mostly of older people and included several of the musicians' family members. ABC News, 1 May 2026 When Tyler had a birthday, the neighborhood gave him a collective gift that consisted solely of pickleball paraphernalia. Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026 Where Days of Ash consisted primarily of songs dedicated to activists who died, including Renée Good and Palestinian No Other Land documentary consultant Awdah Hathaleen, Easter Lily tackles more directly personal territory. Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026 Warren said to her audience, which consisted largely of institutional investors. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 The Iranian counterpunch this time consisted chiefly of attacks against its Gulf neighbors, most of whom had declined to get involved in this war. Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consisted
Verb
  • McMahon corresponded with his professors.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Two greats of 17th-century math, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, corresponded about the problem in a famous series of letters.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • His leadership of Amazon’s cloud business has coincided with the AI boom and the remarkable scramble among cloud providers, including Microsoft, Google, and Oracle, to spend eye-popping sums building data centers and other AI infrastructure.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That shift coincided with declining viewership for his games.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After a Wisconsin breeding and animal research facility that housed thousands of beagles agreed to sell most of their animals, some of the dogs will be headed to the Chicago area.
    Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • David Ross — the manager fired by Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer after Counsell agreed to a five-year, $40 million contract — has reemerged as an ESPN broadcaster and a co-host with Anthony Rizzo on a podcast reuniting members of the 2016 World Series team.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The museum has also allegedly not conformed to the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA), which requires trustees to manage an endowment so that its spending power is maintained.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Foster’s dual roles were reviewed by the National Football League Players Association to make sure the situation conformed with the NFLPA’s regulations governing contract advisors.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Be sure to use the slider at the bottom of the page if their answers don’t fit the screen on your device.
    Mark Dee April 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Elevators travel to all passenger decks, including the observation deck, and ramps have been fitted to midship doorways leading out to the promenade deck.
    Aaron Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Consisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consisted. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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