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as in accordance
a state of consistency
the simple lifestyle of the Amish is in conformity with their ascetic religious beliefs
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as in compliance
the action of following a custom, rule, or law
a rebellious artist who has never shown any interest in conformity to social custom
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as in adherence
the following of a custom, rule, or law
a small community that still expected conformity to traditional gender roles
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Recent Examples of conformity
Andreessen said the party no longer tolerated dissent within its ranks and instead demanded lockstep conformity enforced through cancel culture, effectively reducing the Democrats to a religious cult minus the opportunity for redemption.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
This environment breeds conformity instead of innovation.
—Edward Deangelis, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
In Sister Deborah, real liberation lies in eschewing conformity to any dogma, even the Bible.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
Born at a time when conformity and repression were the cultural norms, Mad’s irreverence would affect TV shows and movies for decades and encourage young people to question the world around them.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
This environment breeds conformity instead of innovation.
—Edward Deangelis, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
In Sister Deborah, real liberation lies in eschewing conformity to any dogma, even the Bible.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
Born at a time when conformity and repression were the cultural norms, Mad’s irreverence would affect TV shows and movies for decades and encourage young people to question the world around them.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conformity
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Did the prosthesis move in accordance with its thoughts?Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Gender-affirming care, which for youth may include puberty suppression or hormone therapy, helps transgender people live in accordance with their gender identity.Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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This tool consolidates the complex ins and outs of payroll management, offering tools like automatic tax compliance, unlimited payroll cycles, and easy integration with accounting software.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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Our priority is ensuring the safety of our products while maintaining compliance with all regulatory bodies.Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Schools were instead affected by their administrative adherence to First Amendment principles.Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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These complexities highlight the need for thoughtful curation, rigorous validation, and adherence to ethical principles in transforming raw data into a reliable foundation for AI systems—a process.Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The starting lineup, which is otherwise excellent, suddenly lacks harmony for six-minute stretches.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2024
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These shifts include self-awareness, openness to change, courage, autonomy, responsibility and compassion, ultimately leading to a greater sense of well-being, authenticity, harmony and life satisfaction.Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The tool provides visibility to conformance by plant, supplier, and buyer.Steve Banker, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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From protocol conformance to infrastructure resilience and secure key management, these risks scale as the value of staked assets grows.Amor Sexton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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The final easily visible such occultation of until 2036, The Virtual Telescope Project will host an online observation from 17:15-18:30 UTC (12:15-1:30 p.m. EST).Jamie Carter, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Here are three observations from Saturday’s 81-66 victory over UMES.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 29 Dec. 2024
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Medieval rabbinic discussions of the latter line underscore the divided thinking: one rabbi worries that converts will influence other Jews to become lax in their observance of God’s commandments; others fear that Jews will inevitably mistreat converts and suffer God’s punishment for it.Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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The earliest reference to Halloween found in The Enquirer was in 1865, a description of the holiday observance in Scotland, with only a few other mentions over the next decades.Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Conformity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conformity. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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