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as in to acquiesce
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Recent Examples of comply
Under the state’s Freedom of Information Act, public agencies have up to 10 days to comply with or deny an information request.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Additionally, to comply with the new laws, the US Postal Service briefly stopped delivering packages from China.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
This was the lesson of Brown v. Board of Education, where federal troops had to escort Black children into schools because local authorities refused to comply.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
What is included in the waste of public money are $174,000 the district was required to pay the family’s attorney (which would have been zero had the district complied with the family’s initial request) and more than $251,000 paid to the law firm the district hired to fight the family.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Additionally, to comply with the new laws, the US Postal Service briefly stopped delivering packages from China.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
This was the lesson of Brown v. Board of Education, where federal troops had to escort Black children into schools because local authorities refused to comply.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
What is included in the waste of public money are $174,000 the district was required to pay the family’s attorney (which would have been zero had the district complied with the family’s initial request) and more than $251,000 paid to the law firm the district hired to fight the family.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comply
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Creditors may be willing to acquiesce in order to receive some money back rather than not receiving any payment at all.—
Victor Rosario,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Feb. 2025
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The parents of trans children expressed anger that New York hospitals had seemingly acquiesced to the Republican political agenda before they were legally required to do so.—
Emily Witt,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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This order serves only two purposes: to score partisan political points in a manufactured culture war and to purge the military of those who don’t conform to MAGA ideology.—
Johnny Weixler,
The Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2025
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Fear of retaliation, social conditioning, and the pressure to conform make speaking up difficult.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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No Ukrainian leadership can accede to regime change and massive limits on its ability to defend itself.—
THOMAS WRIGHT,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Feb. 2025
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In exchange, Israel is acceding to Hamas' request to allow heavy machinery to unearth the bodies of Palestinians buried under rubble.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2025
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Criticism of the Dodgers deferring money, or delaying paying players much of their salary until after their contract with the team ends, first began in 2023.—
Russell Leung,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2025
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The designer deferred an interview request until a later date.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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Ong, 79, also consented to have a second charge taken into consideration for the purposes of sentencing at a court hearing scheduled on April 2, according to a statement from Hotel Properties, in which the tycoon serves as managing director.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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But the requirements presented a problem for those suffering from an incurable and serious disease like Alzheimer’s, who were likely to lose their capacity to consent.—
Renaud Philippe,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Hamas had refused to accept a proposal from Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, which would extend the ceasefire to April 20, through both the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish holiday of Passover.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Israel cut off all aid and other supplies to Gaza on Sunday to pressure Hamas to accept a new proposal to extend the first phase of the cease-fire.—
Mohammad Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2025
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ExpressVPN also has a current deal where users can subscribe for $6.67 per month with three months free for 12 months.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Comply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comply. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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