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conform

[kuhn-fawrm] / kənˈfɔrm /




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To overcome those limitations, the researchers developed a powder that can conform to wounds of many different shapes and sizes.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 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

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

And students, teachers, universities and cultural institutions can resist the tendency to self-censor and conform.

From Salon May 28, 2026

Rutherford and Chadwick stated flatly that they had not found Lawrence’s suspiciously light neutrons in any of their bombardments and saw no reason to revise their calculation of the neutron’s weight to conform to Lawrence’s.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

From Slate May 13, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 30, 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

He also advises checking your state plan to make sure it conforms to the federal changes.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual fife— that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

When the time came to actually run it, Kerr and his team made sure that everything conformed to competition specifications so his time would count as an actual record, not a stunt.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 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

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 conformed to nothing except what was essential to their being able to live in their world.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

But if you qualify for a conforming loan, you may save on fees by going to a bank.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 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

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 source and cause of the quality issue have been identified and addressed, and all newly produced panels are now conforming to requirements, an Airbus spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

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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