as in follows
to act according to the commands of
she taught her dog to obey her when she said "Sit!" most people obey the law and wear their seat belts
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Recent Examples of obeys
That orange line above is the rising 50-day and this name clearly obeys it.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
The usual assumption has been that if a user overtly instructs AI to act as a delusion-invoking collaborator, the AI simply obeys those commands.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
But every order carried out under that logic erodes the institution that gives it — and the soul of the person who obeys it.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
However, what has been less clear is whether dark matter obeys these same four forces.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 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
Testing whether gravity obeys the laws of classical physics or quantum mechanics is no easy matter.
—Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2021
Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
The usual assumption has been that if a user overtly instructs AI to act as a delusion-invoking collaborator, the AI simply obeys those commands.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
But every order carried out under that logic erodes the institution that gives it — and the soul of the person who obeys it.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
However, what has been less clear is whether dark matter obeys these same four forces.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 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
Testing whether gravity obeys the laws of classical physics or quantum mechanics is no easy matter.
—Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obeys
follows
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Based on the novel by Bart Baker, Honeymoon with Harry follows a rough-around-the-edges man (Gyllenhaal) who ends up sharing an unwanted journey with his fiancée’s prickly, overprotective father (Costner) after a life-altering turn upends their plans.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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Theron races through the forest and rafts through the rapids while Egerton follows her into caves and down the side of a cliff.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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