conform
Example Sentences
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A majority, however, were not ideologically driven: “They simply conformed, did what was asked of them, averted their gaze from any unpleasantness.”
Pull to conform to what is happening around you is a powerful tide.
From Salon
You write: “As Goldman has gotten bigger and conformed more to market expectations, it has had to become a little less special.”
Likewise, the eternal question of whether two harmless individuals can travel where they want and refuse to conform.
"As telescopes and detection methods become more precise, we are strengthening our ability to find planetary systems that don't resemble our own and that don't conform to longstanding theories," he says.
From Science Daily
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