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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2
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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3
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
Elite’s chief student development officer and compliance liaison both live in Texas, its compliance coordinator lives in Utah, its creative music coordinator lives in Washington state and its home-school director lives in Michigan.
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Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
In this way, unauthorized AI usage can lead to compliance breaches, especially regarding data privacy.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Most notably, the presence of orange side reflectors, which are likely a modification for compliance with US vehicle regulations.
—Utkarsh Sood, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
The agreement compels Boeing to maintain an anti-fraud compliance and ethics program, per the Wall Street Journal.
—Joseph Zeballos-Roig, Quartz, 23 May 2025
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Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
In this way, unauthorized AI usage can lead to compliance breaches, especially regarding data privacy.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Most notably, the presence of orange side reflectors, which are likely a modification for compliance with US vehicle regulations.
—Utkarsh Sood, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
The agreement compels Boeing to maintain an anti-fraud compliance and ethics program, per the Wall Street Journal.
—Joseph Zeballos-Roig, Quartz, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compliance
Noun
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This can be through walking, obedience training, running, games of fetch, or swimming.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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There may have been very little emotional vulnerability exchanged between kids and parents, while kids were required to perform obedience rather than express their authentic selves.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
6 May 2025
Noun
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Finally, applications submitted through national job boards typically are never reviewed by a human out of necessity, because there are so many low-quality and/or AI-powered job application bot submissions on those boards.—
Rebecca Fraser-Thill,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Tuition is $525 for applications submitted by June 30 and $575 for submissions past that date.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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Elizabeth had maintained a decade of careful adherence to her HIV treatment, but the couple still struggled with consistent condom use.—
Kathryn Rhine,
The Conversation,
19 May 2025
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Resistance training adherence has always been reliant on access to the right equipment.—
Matt Parrott,
Arkansas Online,
18 May 2025
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The parts that are produced for a vehicle impact whether an entire car or truck is compliant, but many major parts such as engines and transmissions are assembled locally, assisting compliancy for the finished product.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
19 Mar. 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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The Trump administration’s real agenda is the inspiration of fear and the inducement of conformity.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
21 May 2025
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In its order, the Court emphasized that there is a fundamental distinction between the question of acceptance by States of the Court’s jurisdiction and the conformity of their acts with international law.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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Finding driver heads that have crept over the line of conformance is not an unusual occurrence, especially for clubs that are hit thousands of times over a long period of time.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2025
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Each incident also resulted in an internal affairs investigation — on Jan. 13, Police Chief Todd Chamberlain upheld findings that Stanfield-Parker violated the department’s policies on off-duty firearm possession, conformance to law, conduct unbecoming and neglect of duty, firing him in each case.—
Max Levy,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2025
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In a post-American Europe, Moscow would establish a patchwork of individual relationships with European countries, confronting some with territorial threats and gray-zone tactics (such as disinformation campaigns) and rewarding others for their acquiescence with cheap energy.—
Liana Fix,
Foreign Affairs,
1 May 2025
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Their children and grandchildren will read about their silence, acquiescence, and cowardice.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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Before the Bears return to the field for another round of OTAs next week, here are five observations.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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But statistician Abraham Wald made a critical observation: those planes survived.—
Faizan Mustafa,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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“Compliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compliance. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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