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[kuhn-sist, kon-sist] / kənˈsɪst, ˈkɒn sɪst /


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Adult checkups consist of measuring vitals and doing routine tests, usually specific to your age.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Word is that the board will consist of experienced, established journalists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

As a result of the hiatus, the season will consist of five episodes instead of the usual 10.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

These scaffolds consist of individual hydrogel microparticles that assemble into a porous structure.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

However, some tribes and even chiefdoms consist of herders who move seasonally.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

"I love to know what the stage is looking like, what the set list consists of and where to stand."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Nobel Prize consists of a diploma, a gold medal and a cheque for around $1.2 million, to be shared if there is more than one laureate in each discipline.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Hunnicutt’s team consists of him and two other employees, along with temporary staffers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Today, the surviving library consists of about 1,800 scrolls and scroll fragments held in collections in Italy, France and England.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

But here, for starters, is Quintilian: “The whole art of oratory, as the most and greatest writers have taught, consists of five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Mostly the Murray study consisted of interviews and the filling out of pencil-and-paper personality tests.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Closer examination showed that some of the particles consisted of face-centered cubic γ-Fe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

The set consisted of songs they had written themselves, including Stone Cold Crazy and Son and Daughter, as well as rock 'n' roll covers.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

NBC 7 reported that the device consisted of a torch and flammable liquid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

What the economy consisted of in 1960 was potential—raw materials, human beings, high spirits, some money from the marketing board reserves left over from what the British had taken to rebuild their postwar economy.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In recent years, Fifa has used five primary international breaks during the season, all consisting of two-week gaps in March, June, September, October and November.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Robinson said it would pay $17.25 in cash and issue 0.0856 shares for each share of RXO, with the total deal consideration consisting of about 57% cash and 43% stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Constitution created a federal republic consisting of states with equal legal status.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Scientists know of only one population, consisting of fewer than 50 individuals in an area smaller than a football pitch.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

That evening, a small company, consisting of Bono; my mother; the cook, Aina; and Nancy, the laundry-maid, sate by the fire in my mother’s room.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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