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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The Premier League’s board, which consists of Richard Masters, the chief executive, Alison Brittain, the chairperson, and three independent non-executive directors (Mai Fyfield, Dharmash Mistry, Matthew Ryder KC), has the ultimate say.
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Matt Slater, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
The fission that takes place in most of these power plants consists of smashing a neutron into a uranium atom.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Little Big Town, consisting of Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman and Jimi Westbrook, has had four No. 1 albums on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart: The Reason Why, Tornado, The Breaker and Nightfall.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
Over a video call, King, who is also originally from Chicago broke down her lively background which consisted of studying athletic training at the University of Michigan in the School of Kinesiology.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
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Matt Slater, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
The fission that takes place in most of these power plants consists of smashing a neutron into a uranium atom.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Little Big Town, consisting of Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman and Jimi Westbrook, has had four No. 1 albums on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart: The Reason Why, Tornado, The Breaker and Nightfall.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
Over a video call, King, who is also originally from Chicago broke down her lively background which consisted of studying athletic training at the University of Michigan in the School of Kinesiology.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Consist of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consist%20of. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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