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Among those advised to take statins, patients whose recommendations were based on calcium scans were much more likely to adhere to their medication regimen than those assessed using traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
“Here you’d have a one-off, inexpensive, readily scalable, safe intervention that people don’t even have to take every day, let alone a lifestyle regimen you have to adhere to for decades.”
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
This is especially the case in the lower levels, which have had to adhere to the blackout and not show any of their games online.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
But she admits she didn’t always adhere to the unwritten rules of weekend communication with subordinates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
“And what’s wrong with the doll, anyway? Why is it a misfit? It seems to adhere to the standards of a typical doll.”
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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It has remained independent from the largely taxpayer-funded homeless service system that adheres to the housing-first model that prioritizes permanent housing without preconditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Our nation currently adheres to the 'three non-nuclear principles,'" she said in response to a direct question from Tanaka, without discussing what she might do next.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Wong Kim Ark is well-reasoned and adheres to a centuries-old common-law tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
But the main reason is that Gorsuch adheres to a specific philosophy in how to read the law, called textualism.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
It has, to be sure, linkages of various kinds, arrangements with outside universities for certain graduate programs, and it adheres delicately, somewhat ambiguously, to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute just up the street.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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In an email, the Department of Justice said the case was dismissed because Jimenez adhered to the agreement reached between his lawyers and prosecutors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Russell Kirk and Friedrich Hayek held views that seem irreconcilable, but they both adhered more closely to fusionist principles than is commonly understood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The stock market hasn’t adhered to this pattern this year, however.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
And which players they may not have been able to afford if they had adhered to the regulations.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
And, though they adhered to the age-old formalities, they were much more than master and servant.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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As it stands, they are adhering to a joint-statement made in 2021 that they "did not know a foreign substance was taken on to the field".
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The appointment of Justice Antonin Scalia, who insisted on adhering to statutory text, was three years away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
"The sides are adhering to the agreements that we reached," he said on Telegram.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
But it can insist on transparency where legally possible, investigate the history of the allegations and examine whether officials are adhering to the standards that protect prosecutorial independence.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
I didn’t see a bear, didn’t see a salamander, didn’t see foxfire, didn’t see anything actually—just perpetual dribbles and droplets of rain adhering to my glasses.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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