adhering

present participle of adhere
as in clinging
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion everyone started calling her "Cookie" when she was little and the name adhered

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Recent Examples of adhering But the kitchen, overseen by Curtola along with the chef de cuisine Ben Zook, seems more interested in conjuring an authenticity of atmosphere than in adhering strictly to traditional recipes or preparations. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025 After evaluating 200 hospital patients participating in the King's College London Oral, Dental, and Craniofacial Biobank, researchers found that those adhering most closely to a Mediterranean diet had the lowest levels of gum disease. New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025 To illustrate the absurdity of adhering too closely to genre conventions, Galloway describes a plot about an innocent girl who winds up in a strange town. Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025 As fiduciaries, trustees are charged with managing trust assets, making distributions according to the trust’s terms and adhering strictly to the grantor’s intent and the language in the trust agreement. Royce Ramey, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • On June 15, 2004, Manchester escaped from Brown Creek Correctional Institution by clinging to the undercarriage of a truck, per The Charlotte Observer.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Think of it as a sleek and uncomfortable time capsule of the past half decade of #MeToo discourse, or as a character study of flawed intellectuals desperately attempting to perform their values while clinging to the facade of their respective identities.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • If the plane ticket is part of the surprise, sticking it inside one of the compartments scores 10s across the board in terms of presentation.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
  • James later shared the ad on social media with winking and tongue-sticking-out emojis; much of his audience, however, was not so amused, and one lifelong fan even sued.
    Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Adhering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adhering. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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