consonant
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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
But Mr. Haas’s work is much easier on the ear than most Stockhausen—more consonant and not especially taken up with chromaticism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
There is really no other option, dramatically speaking, or consonant with his character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 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
They expected to find that the disintegration yield rose in a curve consonant with increases in the energy of the bombarding deuterons.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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
It’s hard to think about Sajak doing anything other than soliciting consonants and vowels or declaring a player “bankrupt,” but his storied career began long before “Wheel of Fortune.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
In other words, scientists can predict what combination of consonants and vowels will be produced before the words are actually spoken.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
Prolix, quartz, quandary, sylpb, rhythm, all the old tricks with consonants I could dream up or remember.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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