conform
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It said it was unacceptable that people were excluded from AI or are made to conform to narrow beauty standards.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Three-row luxury SUVs with built-in refrigerators and seats that conform to a passenger’s body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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
It said India's construction of hydroelectric projects on the Indus and associated rivers had to conform to the 1960 treaty.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Hence again I have stayed in my hole, because up above there's an increasing passion to make men conform to a pattern.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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This conforms with polling, which estimates his name recognition at 6 percent.
From Slate ● May 13, 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
This allowed the works to be safeguarded until the museum could reopen "in a modern format that conforms to international standards", she added.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
He also advises checking your state plan to make sure it conforms to the federal changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
It conforms to Alexander Pope’s definition of simplicity as “the mean between ostentation and rusticity.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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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
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
A majority, however, were not ideologically driven: “They simply conformed, did what was asked of them, averted their gaze from any unpleasantness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
She got the recliner secondhand, so it wasn’t covered in plastic, which meant it had conformed to her shape.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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That was for mortgages with conforming balances of $832,750 or less.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 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
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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