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consonant

[kon-suh-nuhnt] / ˈkɒn sə nənt /


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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

These consonant clusters comprise multiple letters when written out in the Roman alphabet, but are one letter in the Yautja alphabet.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 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

The multinational taking over The Connector is the consonant cluster VorschlagXE.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2024

Furrowing her brow, she fought for the right sounds, willing her tongue and teeth to work—the whispered consonant, the hiss.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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




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