1
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
The dismissals, effective as of Tuesday, were made to ensure compliance with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump last week, the NSF spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch in an email.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2025
The date that New Hampshire set for its primary was out of compliance with the DNC's 2024 presidential nominating calendar.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
The trio, all in Williamsburg, had been found out of compliance with state regulations that oversee the quality of instruction at religious and independent schools.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Also at play: the imposition of conditions for approval of the transferal of the licenses, including commitment to promote viewpoint diversity and being placed on probation until compliance is evident.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2025
The date that New Hampshire set for its primary was out of compliance with the DNC's 2024 presidential nominating calendar.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
The trio, all in Williamsburg, had been found out of compliance with state regulations that oversee the quality of instruction at religious and independent schools.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Also at play: the imposition of conditions for approval of the transferal of the licenses, including commitment to promote viewpoint diversity and being placed on probation until compliance is evident.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compliance
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Instead, the new Trump administration is engineering what some feel could be described only as ideological obedience.—
Karen Hao,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Mixed breeds are also welcome at the agility and obedience contests being held at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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The exact timeline for review will depend on the volume of submissions, according to Hill.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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My previous film, Mother, was the Korean submission for the foreign language category that year, but there wasn’t any campaign.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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This encourages adherence to your management practices and strengthens brand trust.—
Richard Lindhorn,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The National Science Foundation — an independent federal agency that funds scientific research around the globe — has fired 168 probationary employees in adherence to orders from the White House, according to an agency spokesperson.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2025
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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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By 2020, many tech companies acted like arms of the ruling class, enforcing speech codes on racial matters and urging public conformity to expert opinion on the pandemic.—
The Editors,
National Review,
13 Feb. 2025
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The best part of the sketch isn’t its sly picture of Gen X’s slow fade into conformity, but Jason Sudeikis as the groom’s father who is unironically into the performance.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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The tool provides visibility to conformance by plant, supplier, and buyer.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 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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Whether the current American president has become a king, particularly after the sweeping grant of immunity in 2024 by the Supreme Court and the seeming acquiescence by Congress to Trump’s latest directives, remains up for debate.—
Claire B. Wofford,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Empowered by this legislative acquiescence, Trump has now decided to put a freeze on all federal aid that does not fit with his agenda.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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This is supported by other recent Hubble observations that imaged 100 million stars in the Andromeda galaxy.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Released as a single on February 14, the song puts into words the sort of observations that can come to someone looking through the windshield on a drive through the South.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Compliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compliance. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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