be consistent

Example Sentences

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The guardrails also have to be consistent with the government’s values and restrictions, he added.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“This would be consistent with our view that equities could reach 7,300 before a larger drawdown takes place.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

“This does not seem to be consistent with some of the stated aims of the RBA review as it pertained to transparency around decision making.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

It would still be consistent with a healthy longer-term trend.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

String theories, however, have a bigger problem: they seem to be consistent only if space-time has either ten or twenty- six dimensions, instead of the usual four!

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking