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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 dock won’t fit iMacs from 2020 and earlier and the enclosure is compatible with M.2 2242/2260/2280 SSDs with both SATA and NVMe interfaces.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Not every fabric is compatible with all cleaning products on our list.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Amazon Smart Plug Conserve electricity with this nifty smart plug that is compatible with a ton of everyday devices like lamps, fans, and coffee makers — 827 readers did.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Additionally, not all devices are compatible with RCS and it’s not universally supported by carriers.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Not every fabric is compatible with all cleaning products on our list.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Amazon Smart Plug Conserve electricity with this nifty smart plug that is compatible with a ton of everyday devices like lamps, fans, and coffee makers — 827 readers did.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Additionally, not all devices are compatible with RCS and it’s not universally supported by carriers.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compatible
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The verdict was a unanimous no, and by midday, the President—puffy-eyed, teary and laryngitic—met the press surrounded by his family to make his concession and his farewells.Peter Goldman, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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The tax is part of a larger new law regulating EVs, which was authored by Republicans but received near unanimous support in both the Assembly and Senate.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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The vehicle had damage consistent with having been stolen, officials said.Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
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Such evaluations could help agencies craft justifications to rescind legally problematic rules, consistent with APA requirements.Alden Abbott, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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There is a very united consensus among us that the only thing to do is to be transparent with all of you for obvious reasons, though this is very difficult.CBS News, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
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While Republicans are largely united on extending the 2017 tax cuts, the large number of additional cuts that Trump proposed on the campaign trail is making the process more complicated.Tobias Burns, The Hill, 14 Dec. 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 recent holiday strike marks the first work stoppage of 2024, since the union had pivoted toward a more cooperative approach amid negotiations, Kallas said.Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Meantime, Holy Cross Energy in western Colorado gives its cooperative members a monthly bill credit to use their battery storage devices.Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Compatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compatible. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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