comply (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comply (with)
Verb
  • The officer corps must obey the president’s lawful commands, even if officers judge them unwise.
    Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The government urged residents to obey: to leave homes and neighborhoods and trust that firefighters would do their best to protect them.
    Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Parents and school boards have broad discretion to fulfill that important responsibility.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The bookstore’s popularity has allowed Lewis, who is a longtime practitioner in the field of Afrocentric mental health, to fulfill a dream.
    Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Before the action began, the proverbial ball was in Robert Lewandowski's court, who led the table with nine goals, followed by his Barcelona team-mate Raphinha with eight and Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy with seven.
    Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The faults at 6:10 p.m. and again at 6:11 p.m. coincided with two flashes in the vicinity of the transmission lines seen in a video captured by a camera at an Arco gas station in the moments before the Eaton fire began, followed by flames near the base of high-voltage transmission towers.
    Ivan Penn, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • While conventional wisdom might suggest keeping friendships and work separate, recent research suggests otherwise.
    Kathleen Shanley, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Cam Johnson and D’Angelo Russell combined for 24 points through two-quarters of action, doing their best to keep Brooklyn afloat.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • After that, Plowright enjoyed a career resurgence at the age of 60, satisfying both upmarket tastes and more commercial fare.
    Pan Pylas, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • So is crafting a deal with Vladimir Putin that will satisfy the Russian president’s desires while protecting Ukraine from further Russian aggression.
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Carolina would still have approximately $26 million of cap space left over with five forwards, three defensemen and one goalie left to add to complete a full 23-man roster.
    Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
  • By the time Foxx recovered, the industry was in the midst of a double strike, and so Gordon and co. had to wait patiently for the ability to reunite with Foxx and complete a critical section of the film’s first act in the suburbs.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
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