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
The problem is that the only consistent feature of Brighton’s season so far has been inconsistency, which extends to what are deemed to be easier, challenging or difficult fixtures in the Opta model.
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, a 2025 study from China found that pediatric outpatient visits for AR were on the rise, consistent with an increase in peak pollen concentrations.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
China’s policy has become more consistent and clearer around its aims, such as minimizing economic disruption, Yue Su, principal economist, China, at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said in an email Monday.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
Admitting that the throwback concept is fading, Hamlin revealed the challenges that stand in the way today, compared to a time in the past when teams looked at throwbacks with much excitement due to consistent support from sponsors.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, a 2025 study from China found that pediatric outpatient visits for AR were on the rise, consistent with an increase in peak pollen concentrations.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
China’s policy has become more consistent and clearer around its aims, such as minimizing economic disruption, Yue Su, principal economist, China, at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said in an email Monday.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
Admitting that the throwback concept is fading, Hamlin revealed the challenges that stand in the way today, compared to a time in the past when teams looked at throwbacks with much excitement due to consistent support from sponsors.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistent
Adjective
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Apple, Google, and Samsung use it in all their latest phones, and most smartphones are compatible with PD chargers.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Enter associate director Chloe (Bella Coppola), a former actress with a terrific singing voice whose body size, she’s been told repeatedly, isn’t compatible with the career of a leading lady.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 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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And unlike misspellings or other mistakes, large swaths of coherent text don’t give the reader clues that the transcriptions could be inaccurate, potentially leading users to use them in high-stakes scenarios without ever finding their failures.—
Asmelash Teka Hadgu,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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Right now, though, a coherent A.I. policy seems well-nigh inconceivable.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Consistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consistent. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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