as in obedient
readily giving in to the command or authority of another
a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press
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Recent Examples of compliant
Always check the rules in conservation trout water and be prepared to mash barbs or swap your treble hooks with single hooks to stay compliant.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
Files are protected with end-to-end encryption in a dedicated Vault, while hosting in Europe ensures GDPR-compliant data handling.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
The fact that the agency was under Kennedy’s leadership didn’t make Raw Farm any more compliant when regulators asked it to recall its products.
—CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Because two issuers hold roughly 80% of the market, a credible entrant with real distribution can take share fast, since most users simply hold whichever compliant dollar token their app or exchange defaults to.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
Files are protected with end-to-end encryption in a dedicated Vault, while hosting in Europe ensures GDPR-compliant data handling.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
The fact that the agency was under Kennedy’s leadership didn’t make Raw Farm any more compliant when regulators asked it to recall its products.
—CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Because two issuers hold roughly 80% of the market, a credible entrant with real distribution can take share fast, since most users simply hold whichever compliant dollar token their app or exchange defaults to.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compliant
obedient
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Richards gave millions of dollars to the cult, Eternal Values, while living a double life as both a globe-trotting supermodel and obedient cult member, as reported in a recent story in The Hollywood Reporter.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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The Flaws are the typical employees of a German government office – quiet, obedient and spectacularly bad at their jobs.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
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“Compliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compliant. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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