as in compatible
not having or showing any apparent conflict
the clothes you wear to work must be consistent with the company's dress code
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Recent Examples of consistent
All these measures are consistent with Israel’s military and political objectives.
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Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Across the past 16 years, the overall top H-1B employers are consistent with the top employers in 2025 so far.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
This function is consistent with the developmental origin of crying in the infants’ need for nurturance, and its evolutionary origin in the separation call of juvenile mammals.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
More than a decade ago, Peru became the first country to legally protect consistent, surfable waves — and the marine life below the water’s surface.
—Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
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Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Across the past 16 years, the overall top H-1B employers are consistent with the top employers in 2025 so far.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
This function is consistent with the developmental origin of crying in the infants’ need for nurturance, and its evolutionary origin in the separation call of juvenile mammals.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
More than a decade ago, Peru became the first country to legally protect consistent, surfable waves — and the marine life below the water’s surface.
—Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for consistent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistent
Adjective
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Others, like hand diffusers and hooded diffusers, are dedicated solely for diffusing curly hair and are not compatible with other attachments.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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What Happens next The case will test whether courts view the 2025 revisions as compatible with the state’s obligation to provide every child an adequate education.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That is why Pärt’s music in English, with its many single-syllable words, consonant clusters and diphthongs, sounds one way.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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Their two consonant names, Lizzy and Lydia, invite comparison and contrast.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Two events might have destabilised a less coherent unit.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Patches of unintelligibility are nothing new in Pynchon, but usually a coherent world view gleams upward from the murk.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Consistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consistent. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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