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conform

[kuhn-fawrm] / kənˈfɔrm /




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Because the covers can conform to complex shapes, they could protect a wide variety of components, including rovers, robotic joints, hoses, and other moving hardware.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

“Evolving standards of decency,” Kennedy continued, “must embrace and express respect for the dignity of the person, and the punishment of criminals must conform to that rule.”

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

“Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Theater artists who have come of age in this period have been released from the burden of having to conform to notions of regional theater respectability.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

In our way, we conform as best we can to the rest of nature.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

That is an unlikely scenario, but one being discussed in golfing quarters - DeChambeau rarely conforms to the norm.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

Jeremy Grantham’s Wall Street career exactly conforms to this charmed sequence, but with what troubles along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

This allowed the works to be safeguarded until the museum could reopen "in a modern format that conforms to international standards", she added.

From Barron's Dec. 31, 2025

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

From Slate Feb. 24, 2025

But I do feel like every second we spend standing these inches apart is one that I must impress upon my mind until my entire memory conforms to its shape.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 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

You write: “As Goldman has gotten bigger and conformed more to market expectations, it has had to become a little less special.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

Ultimately, D.C. has conformed to the trend and is now actually reducing crime.

From Slate Aug. 13, 2025

Still, he wished Kosi feared less, conformed less.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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 was for mortgages with conforming balances of $832,750 or less.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

They produce conforming and compliant speech and behavior, which can have longer-term social impacts.

From Salon May 28, 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

Many of the commonest usage errors are the result of writers thinking logically when they should be mindlessly conforming to convention.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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