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as in unanimous
having or marked by agreement in feeling or action
didn't think that they'd be compatible as roommates
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as in consistent
not having or showing any apparent conflict
a theory that is compatible with what we already know about early man
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Recent Examples of compatible
The device is also compatible with digital screens.
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Time Staff, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Partisanship and hipness seemed, ever so briefly, compatible.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
The kit is reportedly compatible with virtually any third-party stroller that has a rear axle width of 55 to 75 cm (21.7 to 29.5 in) between the wheels.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
Goldschmied, who works with Soko for his Daily Blue brand, challenged the chemical firm to develop wash techniques compatible with knit jeans, which Luca Braschi, Soko’s consultant and denim finishing expert, said are known for their difficulty.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
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Time Staff, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Partisanship and hipness seemed, ever so briefly, compatible.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
The kit is reportedly compatible with virtually any third-party stroller that has a rear axle width of 55 to 75 cm (21.7 to 29.5 in) between the wheels.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
Goldschmied, who works with Soko for his Daily Blue brand, challenged the chemical firm to develop wash techniques compatible with knit jeans, which Luca Braschi, Soko’s consultant and denim finishing expert, said are known for their difficulty.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
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Trump was convicted in May by a unanimous jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election.Patrick Maguire, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Both the proposal and the almost unanimous vote against it made national news, along with the riots that ensued.Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Capital expenditures for the quarter totaled $1.2 billion, consistent with the previous year's quarter, with significant investments in underground development and new smelter facilities in Indonesia.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Forensic doctors who performed the autopsy told prosecutors that his injuries were consistent with a fall from that height and that self-harm, as well as interference from someone else, were ruled out.Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Huntington Beach’s united slate of conservative candidates, Chad Williams, Butch Twining and Don Kennedy, appear poised to win all three seats up for grabs in the City Council election, which would cement conservative control over city policy with a 7-0 majority.Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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Relatedly, the authors’ assertion that France, Germany, and the United Kingdom will consent to a united foreign policy direction defies logic: great-power peace in Europe is due to an overwhelming Pax Americana, not because its countries have suddenly become benevolent.Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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China remains a far cry from having the sort of labor unions and collective bargaining that are taken for granted elsewhere, but, as Steinfeld correctly argues, Chinese labor practices are moving away from their revolutionary roots and are increasingly consonant with Western standards.Simon Tay, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2010
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Where the republic’s hypocrisy fed its fatal weakness, corruption, the Taliban’s unabashed brutality was consonant with the movement’s strength, its unity.Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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The cooperative made distributions to its members totaling $2,478,477, or $0.16 per outstanding membership unit, during the quarter.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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The researchers are careful to point out that this method was intended to work only with cooperative participants.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Compatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compatible. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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