conform
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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
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 ● Aug. 28, 2026
Other coroners linked fatalities to e-bikes and e-scooters that did not conform to UK safety standards.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
He didn’t want to send “all brothers” to Comstock—it would conform too much to the upstate stereotype of Sing Sing.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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A Janus Henderson spokesperson says its presentation of performance conforms with Securities and Exchange Commission rules that require all funds to compare their performance to a “broad-based index.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
This conforms with polling, which estimates his name recognition at 6 percent.
From Slate ● May 13, 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
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 ● Jan. 26, 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
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Smith conformed to the type of the absent-minded professor, but he was worldly enough to unmask the East India Co., a hybrid sovereign ruler and monopolistic business enterprise, as a misgoverned money pit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
Ultimately, D.C. has conformed to the trend and is now actually reducing crime.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2025
It is remarkable that we have all accepted this, without hooting, as though it simply conformed to a law of nature.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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The 30-year mortgage rate for jumbo loans — mortgages that exceed conforming balances of $832,750 — also rose to 6.72%, up 2 basis points from a week prior.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
They produce conforming and compliant speech and behavior, which can have longer-term social impacts.
From Salon ● May 28, 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
As we walked rapidly along I abruptly resented the bell and my West Point stride and hurrying and conforming.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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