accord with
phrasal verb
accorded with; according with; accords with
: to be in agreement with (something)
His interpretation of the data did not accord with the facts.
His plans for the company did not accord with my own.
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Although his news credentials are praised by colleagues, those who spoke with Deadline said the former ITV News executive’s behavior does not always accord with BBC values around respect and fairness.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
The government of Yitzhak Rabin had negotiated a historic peace accord with Palestinian leaders, but hard-liners on both sides felt betrayed.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
This accords with independent estimates that insist Scope 3 is the dominant fraction of total emissions and sometimes approaches 95%.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Mishima conceived of himself as the ultimate insider, heir to a long tradition of Japanese beauty: his writing, reflecting this image of himself, is in harmonious accord with the inherent, unalloyed genius of the Japanese language.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
The government of Yitzhak Rabin had negotiated a historic peace accord with Palestinian leaders, but hard-liners on both sides felt betrayed.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
This accords with independent estimates that insist Scope 3 is the dominant fraction of total emissions and sometimes approaches 95%.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Mishima conceived of himself as the ultimate insider, heir to a long tradition of Japanese beauty: his writing, reflecting this image of himself, is in harmonious accord with the inherent, unalloyed genius of the Japanese language.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Accord with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accord%20with. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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