conform

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"As telescopes and detection methods become more precise, we are strengthening our ability to find planetary systems that don't resemble our own and that don't conform to longstanding theories," he says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

Such forces will remain in place and be turned against anyone who does not submit and conform.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

Have the players been able to bat in a way that is comfortable for them, or have they been acting out of an obligation to conform?

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

It gives European courts significant leeway to relitigate American cases when the result doesn’t conform to their values.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Then the granite itself had to be shaped to conform to the contours of the future dam.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown