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He soon began to see systemic issues represented in his pictures — such as the ways Black people are expected to conform to white standards of beauty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Then I grow frustrated when life doesn’t conform to my wishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

It said India's construction of hydroelectric projects on the Indus and associated rivers had to conform to the 1960 treaty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Other coroners linked fatalities to e-bikes and e-scooters that did not conform to UK safety standards.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Don’t forget: the pressure to conform was a matter of life and death in Stalin’s time.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

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

The bill has already had to be redrafted to take account of questions raised by the Council of State, the body which previews draft legislation to ensure it conforms with French and European law.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026

He expects loyalty—and advice that conforms to the advice he wants to hear.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2025

At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual fife— that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

"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

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

A BLS spokeswoman said that its approach to Thursday’s report conformed with the agency’s longstanding plans for handling missing data, consistent with international standards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

Due to its enormous economy and population, automakers have conformed to California’s rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025

Still, he wished Kosi feared less, conformed less.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Johnson is so concerned with conforming to the auspicious, nostalgic idea of who Bourdain was that he makes his biopic far too safe.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

Not all of Sybylla’s experiences are upbeat or encouraging—she is constitutionally incapable of conforming, which gets her in constant trouble among the more proper circles into which she is thrust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

That monthly payment jumps to $2,496 if they take a 30-year conforming loan at a rate of 6.81%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 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

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