conform
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He soon began to see systemic issues represented in his pictures — such as the ways Black people are expected to conform to white standards of beauty.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 20, 2026
Under federal regulations, newly produced aircraft must conform to the design approved during FAA certification.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 26, 2026
It said India's construction of hydroelectric projects on the Indus and associated rivers had to conform to the 1960 treaty.
From Barron's β Aug. 31, 2026
And, most importantly, as a washed-up hipster living in central Brooklyn, I am surrounded by fans of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur—two teams I also know nothing about—and I simply refuse to conform to that coalition.
From Slate β Aug. 28, 2026
Jane, your films were about sticking it to the man, snapping back at the patriarchy by showing strong female protagonists who didn’t conform to gender roles.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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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 β 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 β 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 β Jan. 9, 2026
Instead of inserting a probe into the brain, the new version gently conforms to the skull surface and shines light through the bone.
From Science Daily β Dec. 8, 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
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"I want to say broadly over the month or so that's transpired since then, the world has broadly conformed to our expectations."
From Barron's β Oct. 16, 2026
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 β 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 β 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 β Feb. 21, 2026
She got the recliner secondhand, so it wasn’t covered in plastic, which meant it had conformed to her shape.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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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 β Aug. 11, 2026
That was for mortgages with conforming balances of $832,750 or less.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 5, 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 β Apr. 24, 2026
"Not conforming to these stagings can be perceived as a lack of love or romance."
From Barron's β Feb. 12, 2026
I tie my shoes in a hurry, pull on a jacket, and sprint out of the room, catching up to the line of initiates quickly, conforming my pace to theirs.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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