answer to (something)
idiom
: to be the same as or match (something)
The suspect answers to the description perfectly.
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Rhodes and five others were convicted of a rare seditious conspiracy charge for their outsize roles in organizing the riot as an answer to Trump’s 2020 election loss.
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Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
The answer to that—and what actually made Twin Peaks so compelling, beyond its core mystery—lay in Lynch’s rejection of cut-and-dried solutions.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the Now Bar is Samsung’s answer to Apple’s Dynamic Island: a lockscreen element that can show sports scores and Google Maps navigation instructions or tell you what song is playing.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
By giving active duty troops a more direct role, Trump officials would have to answer to the Posse Comitatus Act, which largely bars federal troops from directly participating in civilian law enforcement.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
The answer to that—and what actually made Twin Peaks so compelling, beyond its core mystery—lay in Lynch’s rejection of cut-and-dried solutions.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the Now Bar is Samsung’s answer to Apple’s Dynamic Island: a lockscreen element that can show sports scores and Google Maps navigation instructions or tell you what song is playing.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
By giving active duty troops a more direct role, Trump officials would have to answer to the Posse Comitatus Act, which largely bars federal troops from directly participating in civilian law enforcement.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Answer to (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/answer%20to%20%28something%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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