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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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Participants agreed to annual cognitive and physical assessments, gave researchers access to convent archives and medical records and consented to brain donation at death.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Each sister also consented to donate her brain after death, a commitment the School Sisters of Notre Dame describe on their website as central to the project.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

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All the research Matthews' group had conducted, along with weather data from the time of the crash, was synthesized to develop a map of the most likely location and a search area of 10 square nautical miles.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Oil prices are rising after the United States conducted an 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iranian military targets and Houthi rebels in Yemen threatened to disrupt a crucial escape hatch for Saudi Arabia’s oil exports.

— Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

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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

Definition of acceded

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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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