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adherence

[ad-heer-uhns, -her-] / ædˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr- /


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Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg, who joined Boeing in August 2024 after the Alaska Airlines incident, has emphasized close adherence to quality control and key performance indicators.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Success depends on discipline, teamwork, emotional control, respect for others and adherence to the rules of the game.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

As for the bond markets, one supporter has stressed his adherence to the fiscal rules on debt and borrowing, and another put it more colourfully: "He isn't Che Guevara."

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

“Fiscal credibility, built through adherence to agreed expenditure paths, is our best protection against rising borrowing costs,” said Pieter Hasekamp, chair of the EFB.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Its rulers are not held together by blood ties but by adherence to a common doctrine.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Some of these adherences resembled pouches with holes, pumping the sea, disgorging vapour, and refilling themselves with water.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

The object has been to keep the old family, and the old adherences, and the old acres together.

From Cousin Henry by Trollope, Anthony

Whether the Stones and Pebles, that are wash'd by the Brooks, Springs, or other Waters, have any colour'd substance left upon them; and if they have, of what colour, weight, &c. these adherences are?

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry

First, man must independently investigate reality, for the disagreements and dissensions which afflict and affect humanity primarily proceed from imitations of ancestral beliefs and adherences to hereditary forms of worship.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Like the tree or vine just mention'd, it stands at last in a beauty, power and productiveness of its own, above all others, and of a sort and style uniting all criticisms, proofs and adherences.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt




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