complied

verb

past tense of comply
1
as in acquiesced

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2
as in conformed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complied
  1. acquiesced
  2. conformed
  3. consented
  4. conducted
  5. acceded
  6. acted
  7. deferred
  8. bore
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  • The Jackets obviously acquiesced in a preseason blockbuster deal that sent Matthew Knies the other way, and on Tuesday night, Marchenko got a housewarming gift from his former teammate Adam Fantilli in the form of a bone-crushing hit.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The United Kingdom acquiesced when the United States overtook it.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of acquiesced
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  • As one of the three colorways that conformed with the NBA’s uniform regulations, the sneaker is rendered primarily in white.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of conformed
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  • Eli Phillip Rodriguez, 38 Frisco Police Department Rodriguez denied having child pornography on his phone and consented to a search, providing the officer with his passcode.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In an exchange captured by the officer’s body camera footage, one school administrator said that the girl’s mother had consented to the use of handcuffs on her daughter.
    — Rosie Cima, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
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  • Just 39% of Americans say AI has a positive impact on society, compared with 44% who believe its impact is negative, according to a national survey conducted this month by my company, Outward Intelligence.
    — Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The experiment, conducted by computer scientists at Binghamton University in New York, exposed a security weakness in large language models (LLMs) used to plan robotic actions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • Kyiv briefly acceded to the request, but has since resumed attacks — and Russia has continued to pound Ukraine’s energy infrastructure throughout the week.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Israel’s prime minister, who only reluctantly acceded to Trump’s 2025 Gaza cease-fire, has managed to continue waging war in Gaza without incurring significant costs.
    — KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • Police on Tuesday arrested a suspect in the arson attack that charred the historic city hall in Limoges, in central France, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said, adding that the person may not have acted alone.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Transitioning his rhetoric As a state House member, Talarico acted in line with LGBT activist groups’ priorities on multiple occasions.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of acted
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  • His autopsy has been completed, though an official cause of death has been deferred pending further investigation.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Highlands has proposed repaying the state through deductions from future state funding, but the bankruptcy court deferred a decision on that proposal until the final hearing in November.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
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  • For a chic but not boring animal print outfit, use only those two colors as part of your look.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Hundreds of pinprick holes had been bored into the metal undercarriage, and each one had to be deburred by hand.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of bore
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