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complying

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verb

present participle of comply
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Adjective
  • Accessibility The hotel is fully compliant with ADA standards, and has five accessible Deluxe rooms designed to accommodate guests with limited mobility and disabilities.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Managing your blood pressure requires home monitoring, regular doctor's visits, and staying compliant with your medications.
    Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The ministers warned that deferring the military purchase could compromise Peru’s security interests, but Balcázar said such a large commitment is not for a temporary leader.
    Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Gill said the group had also proposed deferring all media inquiries to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Instead of imitating other instruments and conforming to conventional musical ideas, Buchla (and Ciani) set out to create a paradigm based on harnessing the flow of electricity itself.
    Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Trustees displayed the transgender flag on the dais as Chanise Hendrix, the district’s LGBTQ support services coordinator, gave a presentation about the past and future of SCUSD’s efforts to protect trans and non-gender conforming students and staff.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Just think of all those vacant Madonnas, structurally perfect compositions, and obedient daydreams of antiquity.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Always obedient, Agnes happily welcomes Daisy despite Shu’s warnings.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • When the Herald asked questions about whether elders were intellectually capable of consenting to be moved, the agency repeatedly refused to provide more recent data.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • With Sturm acting as the third forward high on the shift and Quinn Hughes busy breaking ankles all over the zone and reading perfectly off Brock Faber, McCarron won a puck battle with Heiskanen after Jake Oettinger couldn’t swallow a Faber shot 13 seconds before Foligno’s eventual goal.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Between Dua’s world tour and Callum’s acting gigs, the pair managed to squeeze in a sunny escape to the gorgeous Italian island last summer, with their adventures across the island going viral within minutes of them leaving each spot.
    Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Another amendment adopted to the bill sought to address multiuser accounts, chiefly by having parental and subordinate accounts.
    Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The White House declined to comment on the allegations against former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who stepped down last week after multiple allegations of abusing her position’s power, including having an affair with a subordinate and drinking alcohol on the job.
    Ana Ceballos Follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In a broader sense, FIU faculty say acceding to Tallahassee would set a dangerous precedent and be a disservice to students.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Albania has been on a mission to root out corruption for the past decade, embarking on a widespread vetting process of every judge in the country, and creating specialized anti-corruption bodies to prosecute graft, to improve its chance of acceding to the European Union.
    Tharin Pillay, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Complying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complying. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.

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