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as in obedience
a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others
a strong-willed pop star who is not known for her compliance
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as in submission
a bending to the authority or control of another
an administrator who demands prompt and unquestioning compliance from subordinates
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as in adherence
the following of a custom, rule, or law
compliance with the statute was far from universal
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Recent Examples of compliance
Judging any military’s compliance with laws of armed conflict must be based on these measures, not on the results of a strike or an operation after the fact.
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John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
The department's Internal Affairs Unit is conducting a separate internal investigation to ensure compliance with departmental policy on the officer's part.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2024
The agreement requires Cruise to cooperate with investigations, implement a safety compliance program, and provide annual reports on implementation and remediation.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
The federal agency said that the package of financial penalty and required reforms are designed to improve Ford’s compliance with the law.
—Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
The department's Internal Affairs Unit is conducting a separate internal investigation to ensure compliance with departmental policy on the officer's part.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2024
The agreement requires Cruise to cooperate with investigations, implement a safety compliance program, and provide annual reports on implementation and remediation.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
The federal agency said that the package of financial penalty and required reforms are designed to improve Ford’s compliance with the law.
—Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compliance
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In March 1856, Little Thunder was forced to shake hands with Harney, who had summoned leaders of the seven Lakota bands to Fort Pierre, in South Dakota, to dictate his terms for peace—essentially, obedience and docility.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Their doodle graduated first in its class from obedience school; next stop, Westminster.Angela Haupt, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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The win for Cruz avenged the only loss of his career at that point, a submission defeat to Faber in 2007.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Its pitching event received submissions by more than 600 projects hailing from more than 50 countries and territories.Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Federal judges denied two states’ requests to bar the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day.Ella Lee, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Philippi allegedly repeatedly espoused his adherence to white supremacist and accelerationist ideologies which promote the idea that a destabilizing terrorist attack on something like the nation's energy sectors could serve to incite unrest that leads to civil war, according to prosecutors.Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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This scholarly expansion will likely involve a creative crossover of state backing and private sector cooperation from companies ready to meet research-grade compliancy standards.Joerg Leheste, Scientific American, 8 July 2024
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These numbers are also fed to a random bit Generator algorithm (RGB) which distills further the entropy of quantum origin to produce random bits in compliancy to NIST 800-90A/B/C standard.Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Apr. 2021
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These organizations all put a high value on professional success, and view community service as both a form of outreach and a sign of conformity to a middle-class ideal.Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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As for Sylvester, the singer points to the late legend as a trailblazer for combatting gender conformity.Stephen Daw, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
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From protocol conformance to infrastructure resilience and secure key management, these risks scale as the value of staked assets grows.Amor Sexton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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This should cover all aspects of your site’s design and functionality, including content readability, navigation ease, compatibility with assistive technologies, and conformance to current WCAG standards.Ran Ronen, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Republican Dwight Eisenhower’s election in 1952 resulted in GOP acquiescence in the New Deal’s expansion of federal authority.Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Even now, after more than two and a half years of fighting, most polling shows Russians generally displaying support, or at least acquiescence, to the war, although some dents appear to be showing.Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
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Listen to this article BOULDER — Initial observations from CU’s 49-24 win over Utah in Big 12 action at Folsom Field on Saturday.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Newsletter Ever since the ancient Greeks first made observations of the circular Moon and the skies, scientists have known that the Earth is a sphere.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Compliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compliance. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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