as in obeying
to act according to the commands of
an independent-minded person who refuses to conform to the dictates of society
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Verb
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While current power brokers haven’t scrapped movies over their content, yet, Hollywood has a recent history of companies obeying in advance by shelving projects until the tensions cool.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025 -
It was intended simply to verify that a nonviolent offender was obeying curfew hours.—
Robert S. Gable,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 July 2017
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Swim in a direction following the shoreline.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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After many years of close friendship, the couples became estranged following the unsolved murder, in 1963, of the Kupcinets’ daughter, Karyn, a Hollywood actress.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Conforming (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conforming%20%28to%29. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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