as in obedient
readily giving in to the command or authority of another
a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press
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Recent Examples of compliant
That separate organization could continue to be heavily reliant on federal funding and compliant with government conditions for it.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Instant permitting software checks whether a project is compliant with national and local building codes and can approve a permit within a matter of minutes.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
That’s because police have used the state of exception to sweep up street vendors, who’ve been much more compliant with eviction notices ever since.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
This can be done by gathering data that is 100% compliant and cleansing data regularly.
—Rob Sanchez, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Instant permitting software checks whether a project is compliant with national and local building codes and can approve a permit within a matter of minutes.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
That’s because police have used the state of exception to sweep up street vendors, who’ve been much more compliant with eviction notices ever since.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
This can be done by gathering data that is 100% compliant and cleansing data regularly.
—Rob Sanchez, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for compliant
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“Compliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compliant. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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