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
Pitching has been an all-too-rare commodity in Arizona this season, but Kelly has risen above the noise to deliver consistent results for one of the National League's most disappointing teams.
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Her recent positive club displays have coincided with more consistent game time and responsibility at international level.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Today, Aflac is a household name, aided by the now-iconic duck mascot and consistent returns.
—Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Building on this commitment to consistent image quality across lighting environments, a major result of LG’s collaboration with Hollywood professionals is Ambient Light Compensation, designed to enhance filmmaker-mode accuracy.
—Bae Dongmi, Variety, 30 June 2025
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Her recent positive club displays have coincided with more consistent game time and responsibility at international level.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Today, Aflac is a household name, aided by the now-iconic duck mascot and consistent returns.
—Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Building on this commitment to consistent image quality across lighting environments, a major result of LG’s collaboration with Hollywood professionals is Ambient Light Compensation, designed to enhance filmmaker-mode accuracy.
—Bae Dongmi, Variety, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistent
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There’s also a 16.1-inch touchscreen interface that controls most vehicle functions, supports in-car apps, and is compatible with Apple CarPlay.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 July 2025
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Not to mention, the large size weighs just 55 pounds and is compatible with most hitch racks for use on road trips.—
Kevin Brouillard,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 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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Just this week, the alliance released its first ever Commercial Space Strategy, stressing three goals – leveraging commercial solutions, ensuring continuous access during peace, crisis or conflict and bolstering coherent relationships with the commercial sector.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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This keeps every post, pitch and DM coherent, letting a solo founder ship consistently instead of chasing shiny tactics every other week.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Consistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consistent. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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