conform
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Yet she worries that ultra-Orthodox residents want the rest of the city to conform to their lifestyle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Then I grow frustrated when life doesn’t conform to my wishes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
And, most importantly, as a washed-up hipster living in central Brooklyn, I am surrounded by fans of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur—two teams I also know nothing about—and I simply refuse to conform to that coalition.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Other coroners linked fatalities to e-bikes and e-scooters that did not conform to UK safety standards.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The features, moreover, do not conform to a single type, for each has a strongly individual cast.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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A Janus Henderson spokesperson says its presentation of performance conforms with Securities and Exchange Commission rules that require all funds to compare their performance to a “broad-based index.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
That is an unlikely scenario, but one being discussed in golfing quarters - DeChambeau rarely conforms to the norm.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
While backing France's right to impose such a ban, the European Commission in January said that any enforcement would lie with the European Union, provided the bill conforms to the bloc's laws.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
Instead of inserting a probe into the brain, the new version gently conforms to the skull surface and shines light through the bone.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
It conforms to Alexander Pope’s definition of simplicity as “the mean between ostentation and rusticity.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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"I want to say broadly over the month or so that's transpired since then, the world has broadly conformed to our expectations."
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
When researchers applied a small electrical potential, the cornea gradually softened and conformed to the shape of the lens.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
You write: “As Goldman has gotten bigger and conformed more to market expectations, it has had to become a little less special.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
She got the recliner secondhand, so it wasn’t covered in plastic, which meant it had conformed to her shape.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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The author recalls an interview he did with the herpetologist: Despite this account not conforming to reality, “everything Wells was telling me made perfect sense,” he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But if you qualify for a conforming loan, you may save on fees by going to a bank.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
But then "people started conforming to behave in ways that would not show racism. That doesn't mean that it's now absent", she adds.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
The trick was to be taken seriously as a professional without appearing to care about conforming to a standard and certainly without showing that one actually cared.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you’re conforming just as much as everybody else, only in a different way.”
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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