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Generally it refers to undertaking an action in accordance with certain principles or values decided by an individual.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
While Goldberg said Broadcom’s business “is still in very good shape,” he wondered if the company and other chip makers in the AI ecosystem can scale all their deployments in accordance with previously disclosed timetables.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
A spokesperson for Metro PM, which manages the building, told the BBC: "Service charges are prepared strictly in accordance with the terms of the lease."
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
In accordance with tradition, the ceremony began with Mullally knocking three times with a staff on the cathedral's west door to request admission.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
“Jefferson sold several young men with a propensity for running away,” Monticello historian Lucia Stanton explains, “in accordance with his policy of ridding his domain of disruptive elements.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing accordance
The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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And Then There Were None
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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