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 average rate last week on a 5/1 Arm was 5.55%, compared with a 6.37% average rate for a conforming 30-year fixed-rate loan.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

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

McIlroy blanked reporters after every round at last month's US PGA Championship, where news emerged that his driver had failed a conforming test at Quail Hollow.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 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