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
Both players and fans rely on these referees to make sure that each game’s outcome is consistent with the play on the field.
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Sheldon Jacobson, Boston Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Tricia Bacon, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University; Author, Why Terrorist Groups Form International Alliances
The Islamic State threat has been growing in various parts of the world, so this attack is consistent with that trend.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The award is named for the two former general managers of the Giants and given annually to recognize a Giants player for his consistent and outstanding cooperation with the writers who cover the team on a daily basis.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
Data from both counties were strikingly consistent, showing Hollis’ sentence was unusually harsh.
—Miami Herald Editors, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Sheldon Jacobson, Boston Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Tricia Bacon, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University; Author, Why Terrorist Groups Form International Alliances
The Islamic State threat has been growing in various parts of the world, so this attack is consistent with that trend.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The award is named for the two former general managers of the Giants and given annually to recognize a Giants player for his consistent and outstanding cooperation with the writers who cover the team on a daily basis.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
Data from both counties were strikingly consistent, showing Hollis’ sentence was unusually harsh.
—Miami Herald Editors, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistent
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Google Assistant is on hand for voice searches, but the unit is also compatible with Amazon's Alexa and Apple HomeKit.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Competitor is compatible with the Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, and Windows PCs.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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China remains a far cry from having the sort of labor unions and collective bargaining that are taken for granted elsewhere, but, as Steinfeld correctly argues, Chinese labor practices are moving away from their revolutionary roots and are increasingly consonant with Western standards.Simon Tay, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2010
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Where the republic’s hypocrisy fed its fatal weakness, corruption, the Taliban’s unabashed brutality was consonant with the movement’s strength, its unity.Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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During his time on the campaign trail, Biden struggled to reconcile this issue and tell a story of his climate accomplishments in a high profile, coherent nature while, as Sunrise noted.Alex J. Rouhandeh, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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His religious ramblings and digressions aren’t always coherent or particularly clever, but that’s by design — and the real thrill comes from trying to determine, as Barnes and Paxton work to do, exactly what kind of psychopath Mr. Reed is.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Consistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consistent. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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