CONSISTING (OF) Synonyms: 13 Similar Words

consisting (of)

verb

present participle of consist (of)

as in comprising

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

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For Finite, Nuclear Children joins a slate comprising original series and adaptations of plays, operas and literary texts.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Additionally, no Americans advanced, despite comprising seven of the 32 players in the field.

— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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Pricing Happy Head’s topical solution is billed on a monthly basis, with a single bottle containing two ounces of treatment solution.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Mass spectrometry revealed that the broken containers had once held something containing the chemical compounds theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, and paraxanthine.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

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But his record of publicly interacting with Piker — including at a pool party just before the primary — remains a sore point among some Michigan Democrats.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The fair will bring together galleries from 63 cities in 36 countries, including 36 galleries (around 43 percent) with locations in the SWANA region.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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