- present tense form of consist (3rd person singular).
consists
Example Sentences
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"I love to know what the stage is looking like, what the set list consists of and where to stand."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Nobel Prize consists of a diploma, a gold medal and a cheque for around $1.2 million, to be shared if there is more than one laureate in each discipline.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Hunnicutt’s team consists of him and two other employees, along with temporary staffers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
There is an old joke that 95% of investing success consists of knowing what not to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
History consists for the most part of a complex bundle of deeply interwoven threads, social, cultural and economic forces that are not easily unraveled.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
