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consist

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


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Her workouts typically consist of strength exercises, mixed with martial arts and outdoor activities like hiking and running.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

A Dyson swarm, by contrast, would consist of radiator panels rather than dust, giving it an unusually "clean" spectrum.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

The offering will consist of up to 5.6 million shares, of which 3.7 million will be newly issued, at 54 francs each, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

The listing will consist of 20 percent of its shares -- expected to go entirely to institutional, not retail investors -- with the French and German governments to own the rest of the firm.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

It was one exciting week after another, and the world seemed only to consist of cheers and praise and glory and rules that had no meaning.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Will she closely follow her predecessor's agenda or does she have different priorities for a city region which consists of 10 boroughs and is home to more than two million people?

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

He noted that for Mastercard’s customer base, which consists of financial-services players, the company’s open standard for stablecoins “provides direct participation, reduced dependency on third parties and the benefits of distributed economics.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

The gut microbiome consists of trillions of bacteria that live in the digestive system and affect many aspects of health, including the way the body experiences pain.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

A tranquil opening shot consists of a beautiful seaside view that’s quickly invaded by buzzing drones carrying packages.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

One-third of all Linear B tablets from the palace of Knossos are accountants’ records of sheep and wool, while an inordinate proportion of writing at the palace of Pylos consists of records of flax.

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

The men were released, and she wanted them to perform with her dance company on the outside, Figures in Flight, which consisted of a dozen teenage girls.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

One group consisted of inhibitory GABAergic neurons, while the other consisted of excitatory glutamatergic neurons.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

On the import side, India imported $11.7bn from the UK, and over 45% consisted of silver, which remains on India's exclusion list and is outside the agreement.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

This had to be; she was too intractably hard a case in the first season, which consisted of three feature-length investigations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

In fact no personal articles: what greeted him consisted of unclaimed debris which Polokov had inherited when he took the apartment and which in leaving he had abandoned to the next—if any—tenant.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

The new bill would cap spending at $48.8 million, consisting of $21.3 million from the settlement of the House v.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Excavations uncovered a funerary complex consisting of three limestone burial chambers containing Roman-era mummies and decorated wooden sarcophagi.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

The musician’s two minor children, daughter Emani and son Kross, were paid their inheritance consisting in cash and other assets, TMZ reported citing court documents.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

He tested portfolios consisting of 100 stocks, 50 stocks, 25 stocks, five stocks and only one stock, drawn at random from the S&P 500.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Fitzsimmons’s barn, consisting of horses owned by the Wheatley and Belair Stables, was teeming with precocious youngsters and proven, high-class older horses.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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