conforming
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Not all of Sybylla’s experiences are upbeat or encouraging—she is constitutionally incapable of conforming, which gets her in constant trouble among the more proper circles into which she is thrust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
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
"Not conforming to these stagings can be perceived as a lack of love or romance."
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
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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