1
as in obedience
a bending to the authority or control of another
not given to unquestioning submission, he often came in conflict with his superiors
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as in surrender
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another
the judge ordered the submission of all of the company's records to the prosecutors
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Recent Examples of submission
Anyway, this phrase survived my query letter, made it into my agent’s submission letter to editors, and ended up in my editor’s copy on the back of the book.
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Sarah Schulman,
Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
To ensure the fairness and credibility of our readers’ poll, any votes originating from the same IP address that exceed 20 submissions will be excluded from the final tally.
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Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2026
Elle narrates her Harvard submission video while wearing multiple bikinis.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 June 2026
The Post-Production Fund, which received 16 submissions, selected two Korean independent features that have completed filming and editing.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for submission
Sarah Schulman,
Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
To ensure the fairness and credibility of our readers’ poll, any votes originating from the same IP address that exceed 20 submissions will be excluded from the final tally.
—
Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2026
Elle narrates her Harvard submission video while wearing multiple bikinis.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 June 2026
The Post-Production Fund, which received 16 submissions, selected two Korean independent features that have completed filming and editing.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for submission
Recent Examples of Synonyms for submission
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Civilian control of the military requires obedience to lawful orders, not blind participation in whatever form of violence a president chooses to rename as war.
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For example, a pet owner who doesn't have to absorb the full costs of a $5,000 emergency surgery bill may be better positioned to continue purchasing high-quality food, maintaining regular dental cleanings or enrolling in obedience classes afterward.
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Bank in, low block, surrender possession, everyone behind the ball, defend for your lives, play on the counter, hope for a set piece — there’s nothing wrong with any of that.
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Hingham is the birthplace of Major General Benjamin Lincoln — George Washington’s second-in-command, who famously accepted the British surrender at Yorktown — and home to the direct ancestors of Abraham Lincoln.
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Treat cybersecurity as an investment in economic competitiveness and national resilience, not simply regulatory compliance.
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Faced with a national IT compliance mandate, Sapporo’s city government needed to modernize over one million lines of legacy code, which Kaplan estimated would have normally taken 200 engineering months of work.
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“Submission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submission. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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