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complied

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past tense of comply

as in acquiesced

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as in conformed

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Lidia told me that at least half the women in her unit eventually acquiesced.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
But, spoiler alert, Sony acquiesced.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 June 2026

Definition of acquiesced

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That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.

— Kevin Baxter Follow June 7, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
Those interested in 529 savings plans should beware that not all states have fully conformed their income tax codes to the federal code.

— Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026

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The surveillance program remains active, and mosquito control operations are being conducted in areas the virus activity has been detected.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
The first and most important thing to remember is that both people — but especially Bellingham — will have conducted their post-match duties in a state of physical and emotional exhaustion.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of conducted

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When Queen Elizabeth acceded to the throne in 1952 upon the death of her father, King George VI, Winston Churchill was the British prime minister.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
In 1910, following the death of his father, King Edward VII, King George V acceded to the throne and Mary became Queen.

— Natasha Leake, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026

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The former Black-ish and Grown-ish star — who played a college student on the latter series — initially deferred her acceptance to the Ivy League school for a year to work on a few projects, ultimately enrolling in 2017.

— Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
In June, Oceanside’s City Council voted unanimously to exempt multiple sites from the law and deferred others from high-density zoning until 2032, relying on carve-outs for areas with existing housing capacity, lack of walking paths and more.

— Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026

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