conform
verb (used without object)
to act according to or be obedient to a rule or norm (usually followed byto ).
are conforming
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present progressiveof conform.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One part of the mandate is to determine if dioceses are conforming to a 2019 papal directive ordering “public, stable and easily accessible systems for submission” of reports of sexual abuse.
From Reuters ● Apr. 29, 2022
I share his undogmatic view of dramatic lengths, but too often it seems that playwrights are conforming to a format that is not in the service of their own storytelling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
What I’ve been trying to do is demonstrate that emoji are conforming to the same principles of communication that underpin the spoken language.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2015
By going and snubbing her, it shows that you are conforming to all the laws of politeness without conceding anything to wanton impropriety.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
More and more, every day, magazines are conforming to the same monotonous type; so that, except for name and cover, it is impossible to tell one magazine from another.
From Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Richard Le Gallienne
