conform

“He’s the one who questioned authority, fought for himself, refused to bow down or conform, and was like non serviam. That was a metaphor that resonated very strongly with me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"This corresponds to the neuroscientific distinction between changing one's own predictions, perceptual inference, and the attempt to make the world conform to them, namely active inference."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 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

In other cases, they change their speech and behavior to accommodate or conform to the administration’s worldview.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

In shape it is as defiantly individual as the architect himself and refuses to conform to the boxlike apartments around it.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

This conforms with polling, which estimates his name recognition at 6 percent.

From Slate ● May 13, 2026

While backing France's right to impose such a ban, the European Commission in January said that any enforcement would lie with the European Union, provided the bill conforms to the bloc's laws.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

The bill has already had to be redrafted to take account of questions raised by the Council of State, the body which previews draft legislation to ensure it conforms with French and European law.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 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

It conforms to Alexander Pope’s definition of simplicity as “the mean between ostentation and rusticity.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

A majority, however, were not ideologically driven: “They simply conformed, did what was asked of them, averted their gaze from any unpleasantness.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

The trust's Transitioning in the Workplace policy allowed a person to use the single-sex space that conformed with their gender identity, and anyone of that sex who objected could change elsewhere.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Due to its enormous economy and population, automakers have conformed to California’s rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025

They've conformed to me and can't be worn by anyone but me.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Johnson is so concerned with conforming to the auspicious, nostalgic idea of who Bourdain was that he makes his biopic far too safe.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

That monthly payment jumps to $2,496 if they take a 30-year conforming loan at a rate of 6.81%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

In totalitarian societies, she summarizes, “either you are destroyed by conforming to the regime, or you are destroyed through non-compliance.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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