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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consist
Verb
  • Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 19 July 2025
  • Analyst Alan Gould’s new price target of $510, raised from $430, corresponds to about 33% upside ahead.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • The vote has coincided with efforts by Beijing to raise its military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan.
    Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 26 July 2025
  • This trip coincides with the opening of a second Trump golf course in Aberdeen, which is being named after Trump's mother, Mary Anne Macleod.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • All must conform to rules governing how to behave and treat customers.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025
  • The adolescent is stuck between showing his or her anger openly with the ‘Rebellious Child’ and being conforming to authority with the ‘Conforming Child’ ego state.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Verb
  • And many people who study emergency response agree that, to some degree, the agency needs reform.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
  • Everyone agreed that the transformation was natural and good.
    Brian Park, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
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“Consist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consist. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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