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as in to acquiesce
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Recent Examples of comply
Travelers who comply with their visa conditions can have their fees reimbursed after the trip is over, according to the provision.
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Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
When police asked him and the driver to leave the vehicle, the driver complied, but Chipley hopped into the driver's seat and fled.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 21 July 2025
Several hospitals across the country, including Children's National, complied with the executive order and suspended care, halting prescriptions, refills and medication administration for transgender minors.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
House Republicans crafted a non-binding resolution, meaning if passed Trump and his administration would not be required to comply, calling for the release of files related to Epstein's case.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
When police asked him and the driver to leave the vehicle, the driver complied, but Chipley hopped into the driver's seat and fled.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 21 July 2025
Several hospitals across the country, including Children's National, complied with the executive order and suspended care, halting prescriptions, refills and medication administration for transgender minors.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
House Republicans crafted a non-binding resolution, meaning if passed Trump and his administration would not be required to comply, calling for the release of files related to Epstein's case.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comply
Verb
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Many fans had demanded a studio version of the tune, and Roan eventually acquiesced.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Days before the 2024 trade deadline, Bo Bichette acquiesced to reality.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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But to the predominantly Black, Mexican American, and Filipino youth wearing them, zoot suits were a declaration of cultural identity, a refusal to conform to white, working-class respectability politics, and a claim to visibility, fun, and dignity in spaces of racialized exclusion.—
Alexandra Jane,
Essence,
31 July 2025
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In addition to the authorities now particularly cited, many others were relied on at the bar, which show how far the practice has conformed to the general doctrines that have been just quoted.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Trump wants to replace Powell with someone more willing to accede to his demands for a big cut in interest rates.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
7 July 2025
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To date, North Korea is the only nation to have acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and subsequently withdraw.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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Spring Hill's board has deferred a second reading on the measure to August so officials could gather more information.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 July 2025
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Even as police do their job, cases are dropped, charges are delayed, and justice is deferred.—
Marc Molinaro,
New York Daily News,
25 July 2025
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When Petterson declined to consent, Soriano pulled up a board roster showing when all the trustees began their service.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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His attorneys asserted that although the victim and McLemore were intoxicated at the time of the encounter, the victim was sober enough to consent.—
Zach Powell,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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To the local big-game purists, sharks were the stray dogs of the sea, and if Mundus was willing to control the population he was accepted as an eccentric asset to the community.—
Pat Smith,
Outdoor Life,
24 July 2025
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But a more pressing fear might be that in the shadow of AI, human beings are preparing their own obsolescence in advance, producing and consuming more and more creative work that seems algorithmic rather than inspired, accepting in blockbuster movies and ...—
Ross Douthat,
National Review,
24 July 2025
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Click here to subscribe and get it in your inbox every Tuesday.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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As always, thank you so much for subscribing and supporting this work.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
26 July 2025
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“Comply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comply. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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