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This permanent group would issue a public report every year and consist of a rotating corps of private-sector talent serving one- or two-year tours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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
The ballroom building would consist of the large entertaining space above ground and also a security complex below ground.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The trail itself seemed to consist of a bed of dried animal dung.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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"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
Our solar system is now about 4.5 billion years old and consists mostly of empty space.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The tour currently consists of three stops in Europe but will later include U.S. shows, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
There is an old joke that 95% of investing success consists of knowing what not to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Much of social reality consists of institutional facts: property, for example, or marriage.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Closer examination showed that some of the particles consisted of face-centered cubic γ-Fe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Their bye week consisted of wild-card watch parties, batting practice, live pitching — from a long list of arms on Wednesday, especially — and an open workout Thursday that culminated in a scrimmage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The second row consisted of Springbok Rugby World Cup winner Jean Kleyn and Arthur Clark, one of the league's best young locks.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
What’s more interesting, then, is not the proposal itself, which consisted of only a sentence, but the reason Johnson felt the need to introduce the measure in the first place.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
That evening, he and Lombardy went over the endgame position, which consisted of both Bobby and Bronstein having a rook, a bishop, and an equal number of pawns.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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That program, Nike said, includes around $1 billion of pre-tax charges, “primarily consisting of employee-related costs,” as well as roughly $300 million in severance costs recognized in the last fiscal year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
There are parts of the island you’re not allowed to photograph, “secure zones” consisting of dilapidated military buildings topped with ragged, sun-bleached Albanian flags.
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
In connection with its restructuring, Zscaler said it would incur charges of about $30 million to $33 million, consisting mostly of employee and severance benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The barrel had to be carried on a specially made car consisting of a steel cradle straddling two extra-long flatcars.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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