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

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While the precise number of data centers on farmland is difficult to determine, there are an estimated roughly 5,000 finished or under-construction data centers across the U.S., according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 11, 2026

Markets see a 70% chance of a rate hike by September, according to the Atlanta Fed’s Market Probability Tracker.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 11, 2026

A second pregnancy changes the brain in ways that are both familiar and distinct from a first pregnancy, according to new research from Amsterdam UMC published in Nature Communications.

From Science Daily • Jul. 11, 2026

Fifteen people have died after a speedboat carrying Indian tourists capsized near a island in the south of Vietnam, according to local media reports.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2026

He added, though, according to Zhenya Rudneva, that “beauty lies not in lipstick or a manicure, not in clothes or a hairdo, but in what we actually do.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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