compliant
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The new legal petitions seek a judicial order that would compel the cities to adopt a compliant housing element and ask the court to impose appropriate fines or penalties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Apple says in its support pages that “devices and cables that aren’t compliant with the USB-C standard might not work as expected.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The EU opinion will not come as a surprise to France after the Senate modified the law and the government warned the changes meant it would not be compliant with EU rules.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Rather, it "designated Alibaba without notice or a fair hearing", the compliant notes.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
She was compliant, jovial even, and Recruiter #1 noted in his log that there might be something fatally wrong with the subject’s mind.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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