consisted (of)

past tense of consist (of)
as in comprised
to be made up of those cookies consist of flour, butter, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla

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  • Burroughs’s donors comprised real estate investment, holdings and development organizations and business development investors, among other organizations.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
  • These smaller listings have comprised an essential part of Nasdaq’s IPOs over the past several years, and the impact of the new rules, if adopted, could be disruptive to many companies currently preparing to go public, as well as the investment banks and advisory firms that work with them.
    Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Anonymous tips forward to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center reported threatening posts from a Discord profile that referenced plans for a future massacre and contained pictures of guns.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
  • If childhood-vaccination rates plummet, giving pathogens new targets in unprotected babies and young children, outbreaks won’t necessarily stay contained to those age groups.
    Jamie Ducharme, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • Authorities say the act was premeditated and carried out in front of a crowd that included children, a factor that could carry serious sentencing implications.
    Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Utah ban included measures to make prescription fluoride supplements more accessible — but now, the FDA is moving to remove certain types of those supplements for children from the market.
    Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Consisted (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consisted%20%28of%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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