comply

verb

Definition of complynext
1
as in to acquiesce

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2
as in to conform

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Recent Examples of comply However, the gallery shuttered its Office of Belonging and Inclusion in January 2025 to comply with an executive order. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 If states did not comply, USPS would have refused to deliver the ballots. — Nate Raymond, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 The development agreement is a legally binding document to ensure the proper installation of infrastructure, and other requirements such as architecture and landscaping that will comply with Westlake’s ordinances. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026 On June 12, Anthropic suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with Commerce Department export controls. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comply
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comply
  1. acquiesce
  2. conform
  3. accede
  4. defer
  5. consent
  6. accept
  7. subscribe
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  • Even absent Chinese aggression, people in Taiwan increasingly identify as Taiwanese and do not seem inclined to repeat Hong Kong’s experience of acquiescing to Chinese rule.
    — Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Charles ultimately acquiesced rather than face a possible order he be presented by force.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of acquiesce
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  • Joby has flown its first FAA-conforming aircraft and entered the final stage of type certification.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The key to it is to give these kids an opportunity in the summer to be with their peers and not have to conform to always having to do hard things.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of conform
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  • When Queen Elizabeth acceded to the throne in 1952 upon the death of her father, King George VI, Winston Churchill was the British prime minister.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • But while the union asked for voluntary recognition, the company did not accede to that request.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
Definition of accede
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  • From there, an investor can elect to defer the gain by purchasing new QSBS with the sale proceeds within 60 days.
    — Sharon Olson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • For instance, medical and veterinary students can get a 36-month grace period and the option to fully defer payments during residency or fellowship.
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of defer
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  • Collecting identifiable records for tens of millions of people in a single database also creates a target for breaches, secondary uses that no one consented to and abuses by current or future administrations with different priorities.
    — Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Real prompt monitoring uses consented consumer panels and observes conversations that actually occurred.
    — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of consent
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  • Instead of barking back, his commander accepted the boundary and deferred the task to the following week.
    — Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Politico found Donalds accepted $375,000 from two companies and a CEO involved in Project Tango.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of accept
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  • Ninety backlist issues in all, with a discount waiting at the end for anyone who wanted to subscribe.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Some streamers participate in what is known as a subathon, a lucrative broadcast whose duration is extended whenever viewers subscribe or donate to the streamer’s channel; the longest have lasted for more than a thousand consecutive days.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
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