consonant
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Now he seems to regret it—though he still hasn’t apologized directly or acknowledged that he was wrong, and is pretending that what he said earlier is consonant with what he’s saying now.
From Slate • Dec. 30, 2025
But Mr. Haas’s work is much easier on the ear than most Stockhausen—more consonant and not especially taken up with chromaticism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
The multinational taking over The Connector is the consonant cluster VorschlagXE.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024
For example, the consonant "da," which is produced by touching the tongue to the hard palate behind the teeth, is needed to produce the word dog.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
“Syllabic” Linear B had many logograms, and “logographic” Egyptian hieroglyphs included many syllabic signs as well as a virtual alphabet of individual letters for each consonant.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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