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comport

[kuhm-pawrt, -pohrt] / kəmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt /




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That assessment doesn’t comport with the reality of the comic’s three lackluster appearances as guest host.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

He goes on to explain that the Catholic school immunization requirements comport with the Pontifical Academy for Life statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

McConnell, an appointee of Democratic president Barack Obama, said it was not his role to rule on "the wisdom of the government's policy choices" but to determine whether they "comport with the law."

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

"They were very much Team Mick and I think they were coming at it from the generational side, where it was like, 'That is not the way that you comport yourself, and it's disrespectful.'"

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

It would be just like his father, Martin thought, to comport himself like a pauper while hiding a fortune.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Their thesis certainly comports with recent market action.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

First, they found a 4% decline in employment of undocumented workers, which comports with employer reports that raids have prompted immigrant workers to stop showing up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

He said the plaintiffs were “seeking a limited and measured remedy ... the minimum that comports with due process.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

The way Harris comports herself is not just relatable, it's human.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024

She nods; what I’ve just said, for whatever reason, comports with what she knows of her son.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

On Saturday, Harry comported himself gracefully and gave the British tabloids, forever in search of more outrage fuel, little to complain about.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2023

None has been compelled to testify in civil or criminal court — or even explain in public what happened, why the officers opened fire, and how their decisions comported, or did not, with department procedures.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023

Professor Davison discovered, however, that the equation was a misprint and that what Orwell originally wrote was “2 + 2 = 5,” which comported with Big Brother’s Newspeak.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

There was no criticism of how Meghan comported herself in these public engagements.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022

Old Abraham, who was not old at all but who had comported himself in the manner of an elderly misanthrope since he first learned to sit up.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Scott and Goba did a fine job of pushing back at the most ridiculous lies, generally comporting themselves and the profession well.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024

So it is like, “Well, are you a court? Because this sounds a lot like a court but you’re not exactly comporting yourself as a court.”

From The Verge ● May 11, 2021

Even if she doesn’t agree with them, she’s comporting with them.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2021

As Wolfe tells it, Everett discovered that the stripped-down Pirahã language lacked recursion, comporting with a simple, here-and-now lifestyle that ignored the past and the future.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2016

The style and arrangement of these chimney groups may be various, as comporting with the design of the house itself; and any good architect can arrange them as fitted to such design.

From Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings by Lewis Falley Allen


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