compliancy
Americannoun
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Even by the lenient standards of pop stardom, there’s always been a cotton candy-like vagueness where Britney’s center should be, an alarming compliancy.
From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2016
For the online gambling sector, this has resulted in higher compliancy costs and taxes.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2015
The new Edge rendering engine is designed to be modern, so there’s no support for ActiveX controls and rendered pages should be a lot more compatible thanks to more standards compliancy.
From The Verge • Mar. 31, 2015
He curbed himself "That's a bit of wonderful compliancy."
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
What my fears principally took their rise from, was a sort of compliancy, on the part of those in power and authority, to cultivate the old relations and parts between them and the commonalty.
From The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder by Galt, John
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