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as in to coincide
to be in agreement on every point
claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said
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as in to grant
to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly
women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920
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as in treaty
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples
hoped to bring about a peace accord between the warring nations
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as in accordance
a state of consistency
this undated map doesn't seem to be in accord with the current layout of the streets
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as in agreement
an arrangement about action to be taken
the judges have reached an accord: the match will have to be replayed
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as in consensus
the state of being of one opinion about something
is everyone in accord about where to go for lunch?
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as in choice
the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions
did not move to a different workstation of her own accord
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Recent Examples of accord
Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Hopelessness can lead to immigrants leaving the country on their own accord.
—Kristina Fullerton Rico, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
Motivated by the chance to follow in the footsteps of Rennes alumni such as Yoann Gourcuff, Ousmane Dembele and Eduardo Camavinga, Tel signed a kind of pre-contract – known in France as an accord de non-sollicitation (non-solicitation agreement) – with Les Rouge et Noir in 2018.
—Tom Williams, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
In 2023, Pyongyang scrapped a 2018 military accord designed to curb the risk of inadvertent clashes between two countries that remain technically at war, prompting the South to take a similar step.
—Reuters, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
In his first weeks in office, President Donald Trump has frozen federal funding for clean energy and withdrawn the United States from global climate accords, reneging on commitments to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Hopelessness can lead to immigrants leaving the country on their own accord.
—Kristina Fullerton Rico, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
Motivated by the chance to follow in the footsteps of Rennes alumni such as Yoann Gourcuff, Ousmane Dembele and Eduardo Camavinga, Tel signed a kind of pre-contract – known in France as an accord de non-sollicitation (non-solicitation agreement) – with Les Rouge et Noir in 2018.
—Tom Williams, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
In 2023, Pyongyang scrapped a 2018 military accord designed to curb the risk of inadvertent clashes between two countries that remain technically at war, prompting the South to take a similar step.
—Reuters, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accord
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Liu’s career has, however, neatly coincided with the post-Mao period — one that has seen architecture freed from state control and socialist ideals.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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My trip happened to coincide with a visit by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.—
Nicholas Lalla,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2025
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Lutnick did not specifically mention plans to grant funds under the program to Starlink, or any other satellite service.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Davidson deserved patience, and Blackhawks fans were willing to grant that request, knowing the damage former GM Stan Bowman had done to the organization.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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Despite calls by nearly 100 countries to limit harmful plastic products and chemicals, the South Korea talks ended without consensus for a global treaty.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Singapore, while not a U.S. treaty ally, has longstanding defense relations with the U.S. military.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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The increase in prescriptions, and the prescribers who work in a broad range of specialties, point to the need for further audits into whether claims are being paid in accordance with Medicare requirements, the IG said.—
Adriel Bettelheim,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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Experts from the Earthquake Research Center of Istanbul Technical University and civil engineering professors from Dokuz Eylül university concluded that if the hotel had been built in accordance with earthquake regulations the building would not have collapsed.—
Emily Wither,
The Dial,
13 Feb. 2025
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The audio company has been the ad sales and distribution partner for CBS Sports since 2022, and has now struck an exclusive, multi-year agreement with CBS on the additional business segments.—
Caitlin Huston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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The new agreement is effective immediately and extends to February 11, 2029.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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Starmer is one of few leaders who have floated sending troops into Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force, although there appears to be no consensus across Europe on a willingness to commit NATO forces to an effort to uphold a ceasefire.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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But negotiations in Cairo last week failed to achieve any consensus on implementation of the second phase.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For Meghan, including Lilibet was a poignant choice.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Laid out bare, is this a choice at all? CNN’s Svitlana Vlasova contributed to this report.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The equation no longer corresponds to a Turing machine that computes perfect squares—and, more generally, the Diophantine equations can no longer encode the halting problem.—
Joseph Howlett,
WIRED,
9 Mar. 2025
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Under Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, the Space Force has defined a highly effective strategy; corresponding operational concepts and technologies; and a new training regimen to ensure U.S. equities in space are secured.—
David A. Deptula,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Accord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accord. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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