conformity
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Whether civics institutes will support discourse across ideological lines or mimic the ideological conformity they decry remains to be seen.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
In a May 5 ruling seen by AFP, the court said VW "failed in its obligation of conformity" by selling nearly 950,000 vehicles equipped with the devices in France between 2007 and 2015.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Likewise, many well-known geniuses like Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger and Fritz Lang, who were chased out of Europe by the Nazis, brilliantly exposed the hypocrisies and soul deadening conformity of mainstream American culture.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
The family argued that their rights, which requires the State providing education to "respect the right of parents to ensure such education is in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions", had been contravened.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
“Quite right, sir. I may then depend upon this child being received as a pupil at Lowood, and there being trained in conformity to her position and prospects?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing conformity
Power Prefix: con-
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Grade 10, List 5
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