comport

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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

"They were very much Team Mick and I think they were coming at it from the generational side, where it was like, 'That is not the way that you comport yourself, and it's disrespectful.'"

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

That would comport with his recent complaints about the valuation of artificial-intelligence-themed stocks, as well as his simple but ill-advised Jan. 31, 2023 post that simply read “sell.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

It wouldn’t help Lavender, he knew that, but from this point on he would comport himself as an officer.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien