as in accord
a state of consistency
make sure the fund-raiser is in accordance with the school rules
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Recent Examples of accordance
Gender-affirming care, which for youth may include puberty suppression or hormone therapy, helps transgender people live in accordance with their gender identity.
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
Taken in accordance with the instructions on the label and an appropriate diet and exercise regimen, GLP-1s are effective at lowering a person’s weight.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Market timing does not work, but now is a great time to make sure your money is invested in accordance with your time horizon and risk tolerance.
—Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
State election officials routinely take steps to remove ineligible people from the voter rolls in accordance with federal law.
—Samantha Putterman, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Aug. 2024
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
Taken in accordance with the instructions on the label and an appropriate diet and exercise regimen, GLP-1s are effective at lowering a person’s weight.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Market timing does not work, but now is a great time to make sure your money is invested in accordance with your time horizon and risk tolerance.
—Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
State election officials routinely take steps to remove ineligible people from the voter rolls in accordance with federal law.
—Samantha Putterman, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accordance
Noun
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Others wrote that their own dogs did the same thing, some raised with cats and others of their own accord.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The accord must also still be ratified by the Israeli cabinet.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
15 Jan. 2025
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The larger point being made, very much in harmony with Matthew Walker’s theory of human nightly emotional processing, is that our dreams are what Jandial calls thought experiments.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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While this may result in short-term harmony, the child will eventually end up sleep-deprived and unable to focus in class.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Trump also signed an executive order Monday directing the United States to again withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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The only content that was announced at the time the agreement was struck, the court said, were for those seasons, each with ten episodes.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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While the former is a collaboration with other students from the academy, the latter — a sweet, pop rock tune — spotlights 10-year-old Sasha on vocals and 12-year-old Milan strutting the drums.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 2025
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The comments to Newsom on the tarmac came hours after Trump sang a very different tune, telling reporters in North Carolina earlier in the day that aid to the state would require a number of conditions, including the adoption of voter identification laws.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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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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Insisting on a different history—or a challenging monument—did not come easily to a Jewish population that was, for centuries, intent on conformity.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2025
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As an instrument of power and control in a single-party system, the North Korean military places supreme emphasis on doctrine, hierarchy, and conformity.—
Frank Lavin,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Accordance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accordance. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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