complies (with)

present tense third-person singular of comply (with)
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Verb
  • Horimiya follows two high school teens, popular girl Hori and gloomy Miyamura, who grow close after agreeing to keep their home lives a secret from their peers.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The follow-up to the uproarious La Dolce Vita, Fellini’s fantastical movie within a movie follows a film director who suffers a creative block during the production of his newest work.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wells Fargo is a stock that slavishly obeys The Street's outlook for earnings.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • With analog simulators, physicists map a quantum system of interest onto an analogous system — one that obeys equations of the same form but is easier to configure and observe in a lab.
    Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … ZERO COST UPGRADE – First president in 150 years fulfills White House dream with new $200M ballroom.
    , FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Through perseverance, the seed discovers the power of her roots, triggering a revolution that transforms her world and fulfills her dreams in an unexpected way.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By refusing to specify details of the case, the government keeps the possibility alive of changing their reasoning or their claims to have the same effect for different reasons—just as the mob changes its reasoning for killing Cinna.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The 61-year-old loves the hunt, and sifting through old belongings and hidden gems is what keeps him going.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Waukesha County cheers key step in the process For Waukesha County, Boardman's statement satisfies officials' hope that state transportation leaders are at least acknowledging the importance of I-94 locally and are following the steps necessary to make a project happen at some point.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • As part of a plea agreement, prosecution was deferred on an additional charge for menacing so long as White commits no new violations over the next two years and satisfies a number of conditions, including issuing a public apology to the victim, Adam Weatherford.
    Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One of Patrick’s drawings now hangs there as a gift from Fabio himself, a gesture that completes a circle of devotion between artist, mother, and custodian.
    Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.
    Gary Trust, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Complies (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complies%20%28with%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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