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as in obedience
a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others
a strong-willed pop star who is not known for her compliance
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as in submission
a bending to the authority or control of another
an administrator who demands prompt and unquestioning compliance from subordinates
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as in adherence
the following of a custom, rule, or law
compliance with the statute was far from universal
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Recent Examples of compliance
Faced with a national IT compliance mandate, Sapporo’s city government needed to modernize over one million lines of legacy code, which Kaplan estimated would have normally taken 200 engineering months of work.
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Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
This decision is based on the nature of the violations, the food establishment's history of compliance, and other risk factors.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 July 2026
Without control of committee gavels — and the subpoena power that comes with them — legislative inquiries from the Hill minority generally rely on the voluntary compliance from their targets to produce documents or testimony.
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Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
Sourcing executives face a dual challenge—leveraging AI to combat rising tariffs and geopolitical shipping disruptions while also navigating a shifting, high-stakes regulatory compliance environment.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
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Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
This decision is based on the nature of the violations, the food establishment's history of compliance, and other risk factors.
—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 July 2026
Without control of committee gavels — and the subpoena power that comes with them — legislative inquiries from the Hill minority generally rely on the voluntary compliance from their targets to produce documents or testimony.
—
Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
Sourcing executives face a dual challenge—leveraging AI to combat rising tariffs and geopolitical shipping disruptions while also navigating a shifting, high-stakes regulatory compliance environment.
—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compliance
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Civilian control of the military requires obedience to lawful orders, not blind participation in whatever form of violence a president chooses to rename as war.
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For example, a pet owner who doesn't have to absorb the full costs of a $5,000 emergency surgery bill may be better positioned to continue purchasing high-quality food, maintaining regular dental cleanings or enrolling in obedience classes afterward.
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The statement amounted to a complete submission to Thomas, who used her Tuesday media availability to blast Engelbert.
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With three different categories, judges from across the USA TODAY Network ranked each submission in order to narrow down the contest to just 30 finalists.
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As a result of Holzman’s advocacy and Dylan’s example, the singer-songwriter movement was born, once again proving that American music is defined not by its adherence to the past, but by its capacity for reinvention.
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All loans are subject to individual approval and adherence to underwriting guidelines.
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Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.
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Writing in the early 1890s, Nadar deployed Balzac’s reported initial mistrust and later acquiescence to the daguerreotype as an allegory of larger significance for understanding the history of invention.
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Frontman and mastermind Matt Bellamy returns to his longstanding theme of the endless search for something pure and real in a world of conformity, hypocrisy and alienation.
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Determined to understand what is really going on, two teenagers begin an investigation that leads them to challenge the invaders, their town’s conformity and their own uncertainties.
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Data freshness, completeness, consistency and schema conformance are tracked with dedicated alerting thresholds.
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That said, the final plat is in substantial conformance with the previous proposals, Latinovic said.
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Your Chinese colleague speaks softly in a meeting; is that cultural deference or introversion?
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Japan’s players, initially reverential to the point of deference in Zico’s presence, came out of their shells.
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That's because Costco warehouses will be closed Saturday, July 4, in observation of the holiday, according to the company's website.
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Several stores, pharmacies and local businesses are adjusting their hours on Saturday, July 4, or closing in observation of Independence Day.
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“Compliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compliance. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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