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Which of these is intended to make people conform?

conform

[kuhn-fawrm] / kənˈfɔrm /




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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

“The issue is whether at the time she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan, she knew the difference between right and wrong, and whether she could conform her behavior to the requirements of the law.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

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

“Duchamp Takes New York” readily conforms to the predictable narrative about the artist, glorifying his influence and spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

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

It conforms to Alexander Pope’s definition of simplicity as “the mean between ostentation and rusticity.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

"I want to say broadly over the month or so that's transpired since then, the world has broadly conformed to our expectations."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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

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

The man who glowered before him conformed to the classic stereotype of Marine barber Ben had envisioned in his mind: the face was saturnine, pock-marked, and the mouth was grim.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

I tie my shoes in a hurry, pull on a jacket, and sprint out of the room, catching up to the line of initiates quickly, conforming my pace to theirs.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth


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