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abide

verb as in live in a certain place

verb as in remain or continue in a state

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verb as in stop temporarily and wait for

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Higher education institutions maintain that their tuition practices abide by the law.

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Bondi abided, and appointed a top federal prosecutor to pursue the investigation with “urgency and integrity.”

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What’s Next: The AGA has been consistently opposed to prediction markets, in part because they don’t have to pay state taxes or abide by the consumer safety regulations established by state regulators.

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While Russia and the U.S. are still abiding by some arms-controls limits, such as the New Start treaty that expires in February, China, unconstrained by any commitments, is quietly but rapidly leaping ahead.

The group has said it would abide by a cease-fire the U.S. brokered last month between Israel and Hamas.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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