Thesaurus results for CONSIST (OF)

consist (of)

verb

Definition of consist (of)

as in to comprise

to be made up of those cookies consist of flour, butter, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla

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Silvester envisions his new Q-Class association eventually leading to a global racing circuit, comprising Victoria and Q7’s six remaining slots for new builds.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026
All-in, the equipment weighs almost 500 tonnes and comprises more than 40 shipping containers and several oversized loads.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of comprise

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The filing says a witness reported seeing a gray GMC Denali towing a box trailer containing people, including children.

— Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Hugging Face’s, meanwhile, is a few pages shorter but contains specific lines of code and evidence from its systems about what happened.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of contain

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Chinese manufacturers have expanded from areas including etching and deposition into ion implantation, inspection and metrology, according to Goldman.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Additionally, the career money list only includes official prize money.

— Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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