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as in unanimous
having or marked by agreement in feeling or action
didn't think that they'd be compatible as roommates
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as in consistent
not having or showing any apparent conflict
a theory that is compatible with what we already know about early man
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Recent Examples of compatible
According to state police, Skinner suffered injuries not compatible with life and was pronounced dead at Hartford Hospital at 2:15 a.m.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 46-year-old Pennsylvania man, was not injured, state police said.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2025
These trends are not compatible with any of the pathways set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), the team writes in Carbon Brief.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
Nintendo has already confirmed that most existing Switch games will be compatible with the Switch 2 and that the Switch 2 will support physical cartridges from the original Switch.
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
This license covers three devices for one year, and this award-winning tool is compatible with Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and 7.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2025
These trends are not compatible with any of the pathways set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), the team writes in Carbon Brief.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
Nintendo has already confirmed that most existing Switch games will be compatible with the Switch 2 and that the Switch 2 will support physical cartridges from the original Switch.
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
This license covers three devices for one year, and this award-winning tool is compatible with Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and 7.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2025
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Noem did not receive unanimous consent from Senators to fast-track a vote on her nomination, facing a brief delay.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Jan. 2025
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TikTok Sale-or-Ban Law: In a unanimous decision, the court ruled against the popular app, rejecting the social media company’s First Amendment challenge to the law that effectively bans it in the United States.—
Adam Liptak,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Be consistent: Stick with your new habit, like a scheduled event on your calendar (which can be a cue!) or a hard rule.—
Carley Millhone,
Health,
29 Jan. 2025
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Sysco's effective tax rate for the quarter was 23.8%, consistent with the previous year, influenced by state income taxes and foreign income tax benefits.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
29 Jan. 2025
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Trump enters office riding a wave of political momentum with a Republican Party that's largely united behind his policy proposals — unlike the start of his first term, when the GOP controlled Congress but was divided over his status as a political outsider and neophyte.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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There were some questions on which Americans were broadly united.—
Susan Page,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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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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John Carpenter's Toxic Commando Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S Release Date: TBD Toxic Commando is a four-player, cooperative FPS similar in spirit to Left 4 Dead that pits you against intense monster hordes.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2025
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The likelihood of Russia engaging with the U.S. on cooperative foreign policy or international rescue efforts seems slim, and the lack of sources or other evidence furthers suspicion.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Compatible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compatible. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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