consist of
phrasal verb
consisted of; consisting of; consists of
: to be formed or made up of (specified things or people)
Breakfast consisted of cereal, fruit, and orange juice.
Coal consists mostly of carbon.
His wardrobe consists almost entirely of jeans and T-shirts.
The crowd consisted mainly/largely of teenage girls.
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Matches between tribes were often very large and could consist of hundreds, or even thousands of players.
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Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Defined by the mathematician Alan Turing in a landmark 1936 paper, the Turing machine consisted of a head that could move up and down an infinitely long tape, reading and writing 0s and 1s in a series of steps according to a handful of simple rules telling it what to do.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
This consists of a reinterpretation of the Anfibio sofa that was first designed by Alessandro Becchi in 1970.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Defined by the mathematician Alan Turing in a landmark 1936 paper, the Turing machine consisted of a head that could move up and down an infinitely long tape, reading and writing 0s and 1s in a series of steps according to a handful of simple rules telling it what to do.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
This consists of a reinterpretation of the Anfibio sofa that was first designed by Alessandro Becchi in 1970.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Consist of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consist%20of. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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