as in compatible
not having or showing any apparent conflict
the clothes you wear to work must be consistent with the company's dress code
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Recent Examples of consistent
This finding is consistent with data showing median household income largely stagnating after 2000 and the typical male worker now having to work the equivalent of 62 weeks per year (yes, more than 52 weeks) to afford the same middle-class essentials 40 weeks of work would have covered in 1985.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
An autopsy showed the cause of death was consistent with crash injuries, the coroner’s office said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Parsons fired back that Lawrence was a clown and jealous before Lawrence chided the All-Pro for his consistent social media use.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2025
Best of all, consistent use will not only immediately reduce the appearance of scars, but help to diminish and heal their depth overtime (all while leaving you with a soft-matte makeup look).
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
An autopsy showed the cause of death was consistent with crash injuries, the coroner’s office said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Parsons fired back that Lawrence was a clown and jealous before Lawrence chided the All-Pro for his consistent social media use.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2025
Best of all, consistent use will not only immediately reduce the appearance of scars, but help to diminish and heal their depth overtime (all while leaving you with a soft-matte makeup look).
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistent
Adjective
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Pilates exercises are compatible with functional movement.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
19 Mar. 2025
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Not every game will be compatible, but hopefully, the exceptions will be few and far between.—
Will Greenwald,
PCMAG,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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China remains a far cry from having the sort of labor unions and collective bargaining that are taken for granted elsewhere, but, as Steinfeld correctly argues, Chinese labor practices are moving away from their revolutionary roots and are increasingly consonant with Western standards.—
Simon Tay,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2010
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Where the republic’s hypocrisy fed its fatal weakness, corruption, the Taliban’s unabashed brutality was consonant with the movement’s strength, its unity.—
Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
22 May 2024
Adjective
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In a landscape where so many shows foreground reveals and plots, Adolescence centers an emotional reality, one that can’t be cut around or spliced to create something coherent or streamlined.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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Either the president has no coherent plans, or those plans are devious and not to be shared with the people.—
Llewellyn King,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Consistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consistent. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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