as in to correspond
to be in agreement on every point
that account consists with the information in the other reports
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Recent Examples of consist
This track, consisting largely of vocals and horn, gives me the feeling of actually floating.
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Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
Geary’s early career consisted mostly of guest roles on TV shows.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
That list consists primarily of states with Republican governors, though North Carolina — which has a Democratic governor — also has complied.
—CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
In Zionsville, where the population has grown from 8,000 three decades ago to 30,000 today, and its large geographic footprint still consists mostly of corn farms.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
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The two began corresponding and soon Osubor was working on Rockwell’s latest film, The Projectionist (starring Chicago Hope’s Vondie Curtis-Hall and executive produced by Quentin Tarantino).—
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The precocious young Goff corresponded with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright early in his career.—
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Yet there are moments when the labor of writing and the vocation of work can coincide.—
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Park's swearing-in ceremony coincided with a proclamation recognizing the 123rd anniversary of Korean American Day, which will also be celebrated at the state capitol.—
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Authorities were looking into whether the material conformed with regulations and whether the candles were permitted for use in the bar.—
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The knee-high design works in the same way as the tights, offering compression to improve circulation in a fashionable design that conforms to your shape.—
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“Consist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consist. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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