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Definitions

according to

PREPOSITION
in accordance with
Synonyms
STRONGEST
in accord with in accordance with in agreement with
STRONG
conforming to in consonance with in keeping with in the manner of
WEAK
as reported by as stated in in line with just as pursuant to to the degree that

Example Sentences

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Alito, however, isn’t planning to leave, according to a person familiar with his thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

He "detested his father", according to Neave, and left East Yorkshire for London's fashionable society.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

As of March there were at least 1,129 vessels in the Gulf that had made at least one port call outside the Gulf in the past year, according to the shipping consulting firm Clarksons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

He only spoke on six occasions, according to Neave, but one of those times was to introduce a bill for the protection of seabirds.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Alexander had drawn a map of the nursery, tinted with watercolors and oriented according to the compass, with all the furniture drawn to scale, down to the last footstool.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood