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adherence

[ad-heer-uhns, -her-] / ædˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr- /


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"Despite the study's adherence to its mandate, its findings were sidelined."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

"A decline in adherence over time was apparent, even in the structured setting of trials," noted Miss Yang.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Richtman is also concerned about the “agency’s stewardship of sensitive information, its adherence to due process, and its commitment to serving the American people,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

An adherence to deadlines is one thing the two men don’t share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

A strict adherence to form was the order of the night.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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 Walt Whitman

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 Henry Oldenburg

Some of these adherences resembled pouches with holes, pumping the sea, disgorging vapour, and refilling themselves with water.

From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo

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

From Cousin Henry by Anthony Trollope

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


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