adherence
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Success depends on discipline, teamwork, emotional control, respect for others and adherence to the rules of the game.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
In a crowded and competitive market, long-term adherence – shaped as much by tolerability as by efficacy – is probably a critical differentiator.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
“This problem of adherence is really huge,” says Dr. Steven Nissen, chief academic officer at the Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
His remarks echoed those he delivered during his royal reception, in which he praised Spain's commitment to peace and its "faithful adherence to international law".
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
“I don’t just wake up like this. It takes good hair products, a vigorous workout, and relentless adherence to my skin-care routine.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
First, man must independently investigate reality, for the disagreements and dissensions which afflict and affect humanity primarily proceed from imitations of ancestral beliefs and adherences to hereditary forms of worship.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Whether the Stones and Pebles, that are wash'd by the Brooks, Springs, or other Waters, have any colour'd substance left upon them; and if they have, of what colour, weight, &c. these adherences are?
From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry
Some of these adherences resembled pouches with holes, pumping the sea, disgorging vapour, and refilling themselves with water.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
Like the tree or vine just mention'd, it stands at last in a beauty, power and productiveness of its own, above all others, and of a sort and style uniting all criticisms, proofs and adherences.
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt
The object has been to keep the old family, and the old adherences, and the old acres together.
From Cousin Henry by Trollope, Anthony
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