as in consistent
not having or showing any apparent conflict
the movie's opening-weekend gross was fairly concordant with box-office returns for that genre
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Recent Examples of concordant
Finding a common language is just one way in which medical schools, clinics, hospitals and health-care networks are working to address health disparities as part of an increasingly visible movement known as culturally sensitive or concordant care.
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Rod McCullom, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Overall, 27 of the respondents (19 percent) had different gender identities at the time of their surgery than at the time of the survey, but their regret and satisfaction ratings were not significantly different than those who had concordant identities.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2023
The needed concordant scores, however, were to be raised this year, and many students have been unable to clear that bar.
—Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
So mathematicians add a rule: Two knots are concordant if they can be connected by a certain kind of imaginary cylinder.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2022
This alternative title succinctly and intuitively confers the role of PAs, disambiguates them from assistant physicians, and is concordant with the AAPA’s professional definition.
—Peter A. Young, STAT, 2 June 2023
The genetic, fossil and archaeological records are reasonably concordant in suggesting that the first substantial and prolonged wave of modern human migration out of Africa occurred around 50,000 years ago.
—Curtis W. Marean, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
But the biggest issue is this: identical twins already share very concordant genomes, and no one would presume that one twin should have a right to a say in the use of the genome of the other twin.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2011
The state wanted to raise the concordant scores to better match the challenge of achieving those to that of passing the state tests.
—Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
Rod McCullom, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Overall, 27 of the respondents (19 percent) had different gender identities at the time of their surgery than at the time of the survey, but their regret and satisfaction ratings were not significantly different than those who had concordant identities.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2023
The needed concordant scores, however, were to be raised this year, and many students have been unable to clear that bar.
—Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
So mathematicians add a rule: Two knots are concordant if they can be connected by a certain kind of imaginary cylinder.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2022
This alternative title succinctly and intuitively confers the role of PAs, disambiguates them from assistant physicians, and is concordant with the AAPA’s professional definition.
—Peter A. Young, STAT, 2 June 2023
The genetic, fossil and archaeological records are reasonably concordant in suggesting that the first substantial and prolonged wave of modern human migration out of Africa occurred around 50,000 years ago.
—Curtis W. Marean, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
But the biggest issue is this: identical twins already share very concordant genomes, and no one would presume that one twin should have a right to a say in the use of the genome of the other twin.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2011
The state wanted to raise the concordant scores to better match the challenge of achieving those to that of passing the state tests.
—Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concordant
Adjective
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Brands need to ensure a consistent brand experience across all touchpoints, whether online or offline.Yuriy Boykiv, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Castillo is a three-time All-Star and has been remarkably consistent since 2019.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The gloves also have thumb and index finger pads that are compatible with smartphones.Melony Forcier, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Many industries, particularly retail and service-heavy sectors, rely on older systems that are not immediately compatible with modern biometric solutions.Michael Engle, Forbes, 6 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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