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comport

[kuhm-pawrt, -pohrt] / kəmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt /




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McConnell, an appointee of Democratic president Barack Obama, said it was not his role to rule on "the wisdom of the government's policy choices" but to determine whether they "comport with the law."

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Reed next tried to convince federal courts that construing the statute that way did not comport with the fundamental fairness required by the 14th Amendment’s due process clause.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026

Food makers have long tweaked their recipes and rolled out new products to comport with changing government regulations and consumer preferences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

The Supreme Court in its opinion said, " The lower courts shall move expeditiously to ensure that, with respect to each plaintiff, the injunctions comport with this rule and otherwise comply with principles of equity."

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

It stops being about the color of your skin after a while and starts being about how you comport yourself.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

Their thesis certainly comports with recent market action.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

First, they found a 4% decline in employment of undocumented workers, which comports with employer reports that raids have prompted immigrant workers to stop showing up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

In the same case, the federal government has argued that the agreement comports with federal law, which it said “generally restricts the IRS from disclosing any tax return information” but provides for certain exceptions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025

The way Harris comports herself is not just relatable, it's human.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024

She nods; what I’ve just said, for whatever reason, comports with what she knows of her son.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Reiner, though, was a unique blend of ace entertainer and director, playing to a personality type that comported with who he was when he wasn’t in front of or behind a camera.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

On Saturday, Harry comported himself gracefully and gave the British tabloids, forever in search of more outrage fuel, little to complain about.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2023

Professor Davison discovered, however, that the equation was a misprint and that what Orwell originally wrote was “2 + 2 = 5,” which comported with Big Brother’s Newspeak.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

With a place in Sunday’s final at stake, Kyrgios comported himself well against Ymer.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2022

The young women in her circle comported themselves in a foreign ritual, undecipherable.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Scott and Goba did a fine job of pushing back at the most ridiculous lies, generally comporting themselves and the profession well.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024

So it is like, “Well, are you a court? Because this sounds a lot like a court but you’re not exactly comporting yourself as a court.”

From The Verge ● May 11, 2021

Even if she doesn’t agree with them, she’s comporting with them.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2021

As Wolfe tells it, Everett discovered that the stripped-down Pirahã language lacked recursion, comporting with a simple, here-and-now lifestyle that ignored the past and the future.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2016

Let it be understood, that the above sums are named as simply comporting with a financial view of the subject, and such as the economical management of the estate may warrant.

From Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings by Lewis Falley Allen


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