comport with
phrasal verb
comported with; comporting with; comports with
US, formal
: to be in agreement with (something)
Her actions comport with her ideals.
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Ann Scott Tyson/The Christian Science Monitor China’s long-range goal is a system, with the rights of sovereign states at the center, that better comports with Beijing’s economic interests, authoritarian political values, and national security priorities.
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Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2024
To put it in terms each candidate for chief justice understands, her dark fate does not comport with contemporary standards of decency.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
Trump appears to believe that his support for a tariff on Chinese goods comports with his hopes for improved relations with Beijing.
—Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2016
But this ruling does not comport with U.S. obligations under human rights law.
—Laura Pitter, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2016
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Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2024
To put it in terms each candidate for chief justice understands, her dark fate does not comport with contemporary standards of decency.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
Trump appears to believe that his support for a tariff on Chinese goods comports with his hopes for improved relations with Beijing.
—Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2016
But this ruling does not comport with U.S. obligations under human rights law.
—Laura Pitter, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2016
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“Comport with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comport%20with. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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