adherence

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

In a crowded and competitive market, long-term adherence – shaped as much by tolerability as by efficacy – is probably a critical differentiator.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

In some cases, bureaucrats resorted to ostentatious gestures and outright fraud, feigning adherence to unrealistic targets and masking underperformance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

“Although there may be trade-offs between strict adherence to these eligibility requirements and broad representativeness, the current methodology provides substantial market coverage and sector balance,” S&P Dow Jones Indices added in its latest release.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

It was clear that the ban on the organization had effectively expired, a vindication of our long struggle and our resolute adherence to principle.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

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

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

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

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

From Cousin Henry by Trollope, Anthony