abide by
verb
abided by; abiding by; abides by
: to accept or conform to without objection
abide by the rules/law
will abide by your decision
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Attorney David Lira, 65, Girardi’s son-in-law, pleaded guilty last year to a criminal contempt charge for his willful failure to abide by the settlement payment order.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
How to Successfully Store Leftover Paint To extend the usefulness of leftover house paint, our experts recommend abiding by the following rules for successful paint storage.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
David Lira, 65, of Pasadena — Girardi’s son-in-law — pleaded guilty last year in Chicago to a criminal contempt charge for his failure to abide by the judge’s settlement payment order.
—City News Service, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Assemblymember Dawn Addis, a San Luis Obispo Democrat, introduced a bill this year that would expand the number of tech companies who need to abide by California education privacy rules, but the laws could still leave out many popular student services, CalMatters reported last month.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Special government employees have to abide by only some of the same ethics rules as normal officials and are permitted to have sources of outside income.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2026
Shamet and Bridges have been close ever since, and while Bridges won’t toot his own horn on offense, Shamet abides by a different set of rules.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Anthropic had loosened its core safety policy to better adapt to a fast-moving market in which competitors may not abide by the same safety standards.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
The union agreed to abide by the ruling of the arbitrator, who sided with the owners on the disparaging nature of the public report card releases.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
How to Successfully Store Leftover Paint To extend the usefulness of leftover house paint, our experts recommend abiding by the following rules for successful paint storage.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
David Lira, 65, of Pasadena — Girardi’s son-in-law — pleaded guilty last year in Chicago to a criminal contempt charge for his failure to abide by the judge’s settlement payment order.
—City News Service, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Assemblymember Dawn Addis, a San Luis Obispo Democrat, introduced a bill this year that would expand the number of tech companies who need to abide by California education privacy rules, but the laws could still leave out many popular student services, CalMatters reported last month.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Special government employees have to abide by only some of the same ethics rules as normal officials and are permitted to have sources of outside income.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2026
Shamet and Bridges have been close ever since, and while Bridges won’t toot his own horn on offense, Shamet abides by a different set of rules.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Anthropic had loosened its core safety policy to better adapt to a fast-moving market in which competitors may not abide by the same safety standards.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
The union agreed to abide by the ruling of the arbitrator, who sided with the owners on the disparaging nature of the public report card releases.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
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