consonant

In a milieu where dissonance had long been king, this was assertively consonant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Now he seems to regret it—though he still hasn’t apologized directly or acknowledged that he was wrong, and is pretending that what he said earlier is consonant with what he’s saying now.

From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2025

The multinational taking over The Connector is the consonant cluster VorschlagXE.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

For example, the consonant "da," which is produced by touching the tongue to the hard palate behind the teeth, is needed to produce the word dog.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

Exceptions.—X final, being equivalent to ks, is never doubled; and when the derivative does not retain the accent of the root, the final consonant is not always doubled: as, prefer' + ence = pref'erence.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

I had more trouble with voiceless consonants than voiced ones—one of the sample sentences for this type of SD reduced my voice to a whisper on nearly every syllable.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

To create an otherworldly voice, Elordi studied Tibetan throat singing and incorporated the slurred consonants caused by dentures he’d been given for the role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

In other words, scientists can predict what combination of consonants and vowels will be produced before the words are actually spoken.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

The AI summit, and Rishi Sunak's encounter with tech billionaire Elon Musk, complete with dropped consonants and a mid-Atlantic twang, showed that No 10 can generate attention - it can make things happen.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2023

Annabelle started counting things then—ceiling tiles, sidewalk squares, and consonants in words.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti