consonant

In a milieu where dissonance had long been king, this was assertively consonant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Now he seems to regret it—though he still hasn’t apologized directly or acknowledged that he was wrong, and is pretending that what he said earlier is consonant with what he’s saying now.

From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2025

“We find a substantial increase in bankruptcy rates, debt collections, debt consolidation loans, and auto loan delinquencies” in those states, they wrote, consonant with an increase in excessive debt among players.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024

For example, the consonant "da," which is produced by touching the tongue to the hard palate behind the teeth, is needed to produce the word dog.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

"But not when it's at the end of a word. Sometimes 'y' is a vowel and sometimes it's a consonant."

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

I had more trouble with voiceless consonants than voiced ones—one of the sample sentences for this type of SD reduced my voice to a whisper on nearly every syllable.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

To create an otherworldly voice, Elordi studied Tibetan throat singing and incorporated the slurred consonants caused by dentures he’d been given for the role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

They were prone to making simple mistakes, including basic addition errors and mistaking consonants for vowels, which led them to provide incorrect answers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024

These cards set the players challenges such as "play a word containing at least three different consonants".

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2024

But even at their orneriest, consonants were fun.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli