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McConnell, an appointee of Democratic president Barack Obama, said it was not his role to rule on "the wisdom of the government's policy choices" but to determine whether they "comport with the law."

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Reed next tried to convince federal courts that construing the statute that way did not comport with the fundamental fairness required by the 14th Amendment’s due process clause.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026

Food makers have long tweaked their recipes and rolled out new products to comport with changing government regulations and consumer preferences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

The Supreme Court in its opinion said, " The lower courts shall move expeditiously to ensure that, with respect to each plaintiff, the injunctions comport with this rule and otherwise comply with principles of equity."

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

It would be just like his father, Martin thought, to comport himself like a pauper while hiding a fortune.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

But this only comports with the science as we’ve known it for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

He said the plaintiffs were “seeking a limited and measured remedy ... the minimum that comports with due process.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

This more or less comports with the experience of my grandmother, my mother and me.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

This comports with what researchers know about people who become radicalized.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2023

She nods; what I’ve just said, for whatever reason, comports with what she knows of her son.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

On Saturday, Harry comported himself gracefully and gave the British tabloids, forever in search of more outrage fuel, little to complain about.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2023

The team is unhappy with the player’s performance — and in some cases, how he has comported himself as its longest-tenured member after Stephen Strasburg.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023

Professor Davison discovered, however, that the equation was a misprint and that what Orwell originally wrote was “2 + 2 = 5,” which comported with Big Brother’s Newspeak.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

There was no criticism of how Meghan comported herself in these public engagements.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022

The young women in her circle comported themselves in a foreign ritual, undecipherable.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Scott and Goba did a fine job of pushing back at the most ridiculous lies, generally comporting themselves and the profession well.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024

“I’m a practicing Catholic, and it is the biggest dilemma for me in terms of comporting my religious and cultural views with my political responsibility,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” in April 2007.

From Washington Post ● May 3, 2022

So it is like, “Well, are you a court? Because this sounds a lot like a court but you’re not exactly comporting yourself as a court.”

From The Verge ● May 11, 2021

Even if she doesn’t agree with them, she’s comporting with them.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2021

He was, in fact, comporting himself much as a three-year-old might have done after a similar release.

From The Hitch Hikers by Vernon L. McCain