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as in to acquiesce
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Recent Examples of comply
Travelers who comply with their visa conditions can have their fees reimbursed after the trip is over, according to the provision.
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Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
When police asked him and the driver to leave the vehicle, the driver complied, but Chipley hopped into the driver's seat and fled.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 21 July 2025
Several hospitals across the country, including Children's National, complied with the executive order and suspended care, halting prescriptions, refills and medication administration for transgender minors.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
House Republicans crafted a non-binding resolution, meaning if passed Trump and his administration would not be required to comply, calling for the release of files related to Epstein's case.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
When police asked him and the driver to leave the vehicle, the driver complied, but Chipley hopped into the driver's seat and fled.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 21 July 2025
Several hospitals across the country, including Children's National, complied with the executive order and suspended care, halting prescriptions, refills and medication administration for transgender minors.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
House Republicans crafted a non-binding resolution, meaning if passed Trump and his administration would not be required to comply, calling for the release of files related to Epstein's case.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comply
Verb
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As for the social-media posts of Wiggins working out at Kaseya Center, that is typical of when most players stop by Kaseya Center, with the team only putting it out if the player acquiesces.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
18 July 2025
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If and when targets of tariffs ultimately acquiesce to Trump’s demands, those tariffs also have to go away, which hurts the administration’s revenue-raising goals.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025
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All must conform to rules governing how to behave and treat customers.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
17 July 2025
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For the most part, though, presidents of both parties embraced and conformed to democratic norms and procedures, accepted and made use of the administrative state, and pursued power, policy ambitions, and legacies within those bounds.—
Terry M. Moe,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Trump wants to replace Powell with someone more willing to accede to his demands for a big cut in interest rates.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
7 July 2025
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To date, North Korea is the only nation to have acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and subsequently withdraw.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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Spring Hill's board has deferred a second reading on the measure to August so officials could gather more information.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 July 2025
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Even as police do their job, cases are dropped, charges are delayed, and justice is deferred.—
Marc Molinaro,
New York Daily News,
25 July 2025
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When Petterson declined to consent, Soriano pulled up a board roster showing when all the trustees began their service.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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His attorneys asserted that although the victim and McLemore were intoxicated at the time of the encounter, the victim was sober enough to consent.—
Zach Powell,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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To the local big-game purists, sharks were the stray dogs of the sea, and if Mundus was willing to control the population he was accepted as an eccentric asset to the community.—
Pat Smith,
Outdoor Life,
24 July 2025
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The Dawg Pound is an iconic part of the Browns franchise and one of the best representations in sports of fans feeling like and being accepted as part of the organization.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Click here to subscribe and get it in your inbox every Tuesday.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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As always, thank you so much for subscribing and supporting this work.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
26 July 2025
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“Comply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comply. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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