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Which of these is intended to make people conform?

conform

[kuhn-fawrm] / kənˈfɔrm /




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Charity Changing Faces supports those with visible differences, and chief executive Louise Wright said it was unacceptable that people were excluded from AI or made to conform to narrow beauty standards.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Yet she worries that ultra-Orthodox residents want the rest of the city to conform to their lifestyle.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Under federal regulations, newly produced aircraft must conform to the design approved during FAA certification.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

In time, however, it becomes evident that their personal interests don’t entirely conform to the public interest, and a backlash grows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

He understood that his influence was not limitless, and if he made a move that failed to conform to journalistic expectations, the image that he had painstakingly cultivated could be ruined.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

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

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

Speaking in Bangkok earlier this month, Warsh said that US economic conditions had "broadly conformed" to policymakers' expectations, fueling speculation that the Fed may pause at the October meeting.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

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

So she simply determined to pluck them out, willing into existence a work environment that conformed to her sense of herself and her place in the world.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you’re conforming just as much as everybody else, only in a different way.”

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger


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