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consistent

If something is consistent, it is regular and you can guess what it will be like in the future. She makes a consistent effort to study hard. My Math scores at my school show a consistent 80 to 95 percent. My math scores are mostly consistent because I have had the same grades since grade 9. If X is consistent with Y, then X fits or matches Y. The theory is consistent with the data. His behavior is consistent with his words. always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way My Math scores are consistent because I always get an A on quizzes and exams.

consistent

(sometimes followed by 'with') in agreement or consistent or reliable testimony consistent with the known facts I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war — FDR the same throughout in structure or composition bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product (= coherent, logical) marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts a coherent argument (= reproducible) capable of being reproduced astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained

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Simple sentences

Finnish is a good example of a language where spelling and pronunciation are consistent with each other.
Your principles are not consistent with your actions.
You are not consistent in your actions.
The story is consistent with the evidence.
What he said yesterday is not consistent with what he had said last week.
Her behavior is consistent with her words.
Our company decided for consistent fees.
The company replied that the directors' compensation was consistent with industry standards.
Over a 20 year period of time, Tycho Brahe made consistent observations which supported the heliocentric theory proposed earlier by Copernicus. These observations were made using only a compass and a sextant.
Tom had injuries consistent with a severe beating.
You are not consistent.
He isn't consistent with himself.

Movie subtitles

His symptoms are consistent with partial amnesia.
These possessions - these somnambulistic, dazed conditions - are consistent with the nervous diseases we call hysteria.
I understand and sympathize with you, but I have judged it consistent with the good of His Majesty's service to order all available troops westward to meet the Indians on their own grounds.
The court is willing to consider any reason consistent with your obligations as a soldier.
But, anyway, it isn't consistent.
I call it to your attention that in taking my daughter riding without bespeaking my permission you have been guilty of behavior more consistent with that of an uncivilized Indian than an officer and a gentleman.
From here, I think, the wound should look consistent with the story that I shall tell.
What I did hear, inspector, is perfectly consistent with what my wife told me.
That's the trouble with you, you ain't consistent!
So far we've found an almost consistent instability in the material.
The glass outside was not consistent with the window being forced from the outside.
For the next few days we'll be living in close contact. and you being women. and. the crew being men, being confined could. could create situations. not usually. consistent with normal submarine operations.
But this would hardly be consistent if your body were found marked with scars inflicted by us.
But the habit of enquiry is consistent.
He must tell a consistent story, huh?
So consistent. So terribly consistent!
At least he's consistent.
Consistent?
That's consistent anyway.
I call it to your attention that in taking my daughter riding without bespeaking my permission you have been guilty of behavior more consistent with that of an uncivilized Indian than an officer and a gentlemen.
A clear, consistent endgame.
If I were you, I would be more consistent.
I wanted to be sure the style remained consistent.
Be a consistent monkey!
Now, if you collected in some consistent way, putting your mind to it, plotting things out, that would change everything.
Just for once, I try to be consistent.
I cannot be consistent at a certain moments.
If you've got the answer, tell us. Physical reality is consistent with universal laws.
I presume you mean they vanished in a manner not consistent with the usual workings of the transporter, Mr. Scott.
But the BCP is just as consistent as fingerprints.
This is consistent with similar studies conducted elsewhere around the country.
When my brother spoke of you as a unique stranger I took it to mean that you were a Westerner who held values consistent with ours.
Your nephew is consistent.

News and current affairs

The financial sector requires tougher regulation, strengthened supervision, and internationally consistent resolution mechanisms to address the problems posed by very large, global institutions that are considered too big (or too complex) to fail.
Has the EU's behavior been consistent in supporting political reform in Turkey?
Moreover, the LDP was plagued by a string of minor scandals and consistent bungling.
This approach is not in America's national interest, nor is it consistent with American traditions and values.
NAPU would allow for wider, more consistent participation in the consideration of issues now ignored in all three countries.
Across the board, more global rules are needed so that global efforts to confront poverty, disease, and mass migration can be made consistent, predictable and most of all effective.
This is a consistent finding of opinion polls in westernized countries.
The countries have made it clear that their future policy plans will continue to be consistent with the strategy called for by the IMF's membership.
One feature of Italy's turbulent politics remains consistent: the control exercised by entrenched interests, and the dominance of a bloated and inefficient bureaucracy.
While Grillo's supporters may ignite fireworks in protest of these gilded giveaways for a few months, a consistent assault leading to genuine reform seems doubtful.
After the political rebellion and lootings of this past February, Bolivia's Catholic bishops made real and consistent efforts to create a harmonious space for dialogue.
For example, a recent study highlighted the failure of G-20 leaders to define a consistent and achievable roadmap for implementing the financial-reform agenda announced after the 2008 crisis.
Drug use there is a third of the European average - the result of decades of consistent policies (irrespective of changes in government) that combine tough punishment of dealers and comprehensive treatment for users.
First, and consistent with UN Security Council Resolution 1564, countries should provide the African Union with the logistical, material, and financial help it has asked for.
If the British unions wanted to be ethically consistent, they should apply the same strategies to universities in the numerous countries where human rights are brutally abused and free speech suppressed.
This requires consistent macroeconomic policies focused on economic integration, food self-sufficiency, low inflation, and reduced debt.
In Libya, we are deploying a new UN support mission to assist the country's transitional authorities in establishing a new government and legal order, consistent with the aspirations of the Libyan people.
Only a patient, creative, and consistent engagement strategy will mitigate fears on both sides.
Though US tactics were debated and shifted from administration to administration, the overarching approach remained consistent, because it was broadly supported by Republicans and Democrats alike.
This is consistent with the principle that there should be no safe haven for those who commit such crimes.
But this is consistent with the Obama administration's policy of seeking a dialogue even with those who are not America's friends.
Even if, like an orchestra, different countries use different instruments and play different notes, the main theme must be consistent.
Consistent policy and superior technology explain why Japan uses one-tenth the energy that China uses to generate the same amount of economic output.
They will become familiar with the technology and learn how to maintain consistent quality in the production line.
The results of our study are consistent with prior studies suggesting possible problems with the diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
But, without a broadly consistent approach, the authorities risk creating a legal patchwork that would make cross-border banking less efficient, more expensive, and more difficult to conduct.
That is one reason that businesspeople in so many parts of the world are demanding clear and consistent environmental policies.

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