conform
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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
Yet she worries that ultra-Orthodox residents want the rest of the city to conform to their lifestyle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 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
These fellows refused to conform to even basic prison regulations.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
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
At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual fife— that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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"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
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 BLS spokeswoman said that its approach to Thursday’s report conformed with the agency’s longstanding plans for handling missing data, consistent with international standards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Due to its enormous economy and population, automakers have conformed to California’s rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
As usual, Mrs. Clare’s notions conformed with those of very few.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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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
But if you qualify for a conforming loan, you may save on fees by going to a bank.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 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
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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