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as in obedience
a bending to the authority or control of another
not given to unquestioning submission, he often came in conflict with his superiors
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as in surrender
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another
the judge ordered the submission of all of the company's records to the prosecutors
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Recent Examples of submission
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, animals showing signs of rabies must be euthanized for the submission of specimen to a qualified rabies laboratory for testing.
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Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The film is France’s official submission for Best International Feature at the Oscars this year and Netflix is giving the film a big awards push, which Maraval notes will continue to help the film’s prospects.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2024
Jones captured the vacant UFC heavyweight crown in March 2023 with a first-round submission win over Ciryl Gane.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The film is France’s official submission for Best International Feature at the Oscars this year and Netflix is giving the film a big awards push, which Maraval notes will continue to help the film’s prospects.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2024
Jones captured the vacant UFC heavyweight crown in March 2023 with a first-round submission win over Ciryl Gane.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for submission
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And there’s nuances to all this, but without boring you to death, this is basically one big whatcha-gonna-do-bout-it by a president who demands nothing less than complete obedience.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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In March 1856, Little Thunder was forced to shake hands with Harney, who had summoned leaders of the seven Lakota bands to Fort Pierre, in South Dakota, to dictate his terms for peace—essentially, obedience and docility.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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The most substantive result of Britain’s surrender was the vast expansion of the United States itself.Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 14 Nov. 2024
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But a complete surrender to this form of reasoning, though tempting, is likely to lead the U.S. to overlook the disproportionate impact of these systems on nations that are too poor to participate in the AI arms race.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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From manufacturing floors to corporate offices, these systems are processing sensitive data and making automated decisions that could impact operations, safety and compliance.Rajat Bhargava, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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That’s because the baseline for this comparison is the data for 2021, which Asher and other crime experts say is unreliable because the FBI switched crime reporting systems that year and compliance by local police departments plummeted.Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Submission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submission. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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