in compliance with
idiom
: in the way that is required by (a rule, law, etc.)
In compliance with a court order, the company has ceased operations.
The workers were not in full compliance with the rules.
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Former officials also expressed alarm at reports Wednesday that the CIA had shared a list of all employees hired within the past two years with the White House Office of Management and Budget in compliance with Trump's executive order seeking to reduce the federal workforce.
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Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: Trump was asked on Friday about reports that government websites were going to be shut down in compliance with an executive order on DEI content.
—April Rubin, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
UCHealth previously offered gender-affirming care to patients who were at least 18, but will raise the age limit to 19 in compliance with Trump’s executive order, spokesman Dan Weaver said.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
According to Variety, the couple’s lawyers filed the notice Thursday in compliance with Judge Lewis Liman’s order, which lays out how the federal case will proceed.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
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Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: Trump was asked on Friday about reports that government websites were going to be shut down in compliance with an executive order on DEI content.
—April Rubin, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
UCHealth previously offered gender-affirming care to patients who were at least 18, but will raise the age limit to 19 in compliance with Trump’s executive order, spokesman Dan Weaver said.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
According to Variety, the couple’s lawyers filed the notice Thursday in compliance with Judge Lewis Liman’s order, which lays out how the federal case will proceed.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
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“In compliance with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20compliance%20with. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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