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be consonant



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“You can make opera with full orchestra and singers, and have it be consonant, have it be humble — and have tunes!” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2022

It seems to be consonant with the cross-party view that has prevailed for decades now, that we should be strengthening workers’ rights in this country ...

From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2019

But the Vatican said last week in a statement that “it may emerge that choices were taken that would not be consonant with a contemporary approach to such issues.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2018

The Vatican said it was aware that such an investigation may produce evidence "that choices were taken that would not be consonant with a contemporary approach to such issues."

From Fox News ● Oct. 6, 2018

It may be proper to observe, however, that this opinion of Schlegel's would seem, from a passage in the work of the great Catholic writer—Molitor, to be consonant with the tradition of the ancient synagogue.

From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Friedrich Schlegel


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