comporting

verb

present participle of comport
1
as in corresponding
to be in agreement on every point an outfit that most definitely does not comport with the company's guidelines for dress-down days

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2
as in behaving
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way the grieving relatives comported themselves with grace and dignity during that difficult time

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Recent Examples of comporting The animals are comporting themselves even more strangely than usual right now. — Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comporting
  1. corresponding
  2. behaving
  3. conforming
  4. carrying
  5. coinciding
  6. acquitting
  7. agreeing
  8. conducting
Verb
  • The move in its corresponding options prices was even bigger, with the Cboe Volatility index falling about four points to below 17, the biggest one-day drop in the volatility gauge since at least July.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Close wore a coat dress made of Burkina Faso fabric, while Stone was dressed in the corresponding blazer and skirt.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of corresponding
Verb
  • Why 2026 is different Nonetheless, analysts CNBC spoke to broadly agreed that reforms meant that even if the market is behaving in similar ways to the post-financial crisis period, the contagion risk remained limited this time around.
    — Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Congress should hold hearings focused on companies cutting corners, not AI programs behaving badly.
    — David Litt, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of behaving
Verb
  • Here is a map and table with the conforming loan limits by county for 2026.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than conforming to what others — especially her brothers — expect of her, Red Jacob urges Ellen to play to her own unique strengths.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of conforming
Verb
  • Any legislators carrying such a bill would need to convince their colleagues in multiple parts of the state where Hollywood has less sway of the wisdom of such a move.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Firearms cannot be brought into polling places located inside private property that forbids them, a school, a courthouse or any other location where Pennsylvania law prohibits carrying firearms.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • Launched in July, The Edit Stick, $32, marked the brand’s biggest marketing push and largest investment to date, coinciding with the debut of its Duo Brush Conceal, $26.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The installation was first publicly shown in New York on January 29, coinciding with the second anniversary of the death of Hind Rajab.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of coinciding
Verb
  • By acquitting Fisher, the council members had inadvertently exonerated Metze.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Eleven gullible idiots were talked into acquitting because of an imaginary female ailment.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of acquitting
Verb
  • Under the 2015 agreement, Hollywood Park paid up front for roads, water lines, streetlights and event-day police and emergency services, with the city agreeing to eventually reimburse Kroenke for those expenses.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Maviglio said Becerra has taken a cautious approach against Hilton, including agreeing to just one debate ahead of the election.
    — Steve Large, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of agreeing
Verb
  • The additional revenue would fund hospital improvements, local fire agencies and nonprofit organizations conducting wildfire-prevention work.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Kseniia Petrova, who was conducting cancer research for Harvard Medical School, was indicted last year on one count of concealment of a material fact, one count of false statement and one count of smuggling goods into the United States.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of conducting

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