conforming

Example Sentences

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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

The trick was to be taken seriously as a professional without appearing to care about conforming to a standard and certainly without showing that one actually cared.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

The two mortgage giants play a critical role in housing market liquidity by buying, packaging, and selling conforming loans to investors, freeing up originators to keep making loans.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Then I retype it on white paper, conforming to rules of manuscript preparation, and run out & mail it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

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