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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With consistent positive reinforcement training, these canines can effectively learn how to tell friendly faces from intruders, and act accordingly.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
One way to do this is to have clear and consistent accountabilities.
—Chris Williams, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Measured from the same quarter a year earlier, workers’ paychecks, excluding government employees, rose 3.8%, a pace consistent with the Fed’s inflation target, Daco said.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
Previously, the group had shot at Hooks' residence, which was consistent with a Phoenix police report from May, the document noted.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
One way to do this is to have clear and consistent accountabilities.
—Chris Williams, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Measured from the same quarter a year earlier, workers’ paychecks, excluding government employees, rose 3.8%, a pace consistent with the Fed’s inflation target, Daco said.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
Previously, the group had shot at Hooks' residence, which was consistent with a Phoenix police report from May, the document noted.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Note that Apple Intelligence is only compatible with the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, plus this year’s entire iPhone 16 range.David Phelan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The device is also compatible with digital screens.TIME Staff, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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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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Your music feels, from the beginning to now, very coherent.Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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What’s good enough for Pakistan at Multan can also work for a far more coherent outfit.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Consistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consistent. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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