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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As of July 2025, Cisco had roughly 86,200 employees, according to its annual report.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

At least 150 million people across the European continent were facing temperatures higher than 35C on Friday, according to calculations by the AFP news agency.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

Warsh’s anti-inflation rhetoric took some of the inflation premium out of the bond market this week, according to Blitz.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

“I would stop if I were you,” the motor officer tells the teen over the motorcycle’s public address system, according to a video posted on Orange Police Department’s social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 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

according to

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