accord
verb (used without object)
to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
is according
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present progressiveof accord (3rd person singular).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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The Southland has experienced hot Octobers in the past, but if this feels different, it’s because it is, according to climate experts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Content creation is, according to some estimates, a US$300 billion industry.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
That’s not nothing, but it is, according to conventional math, significantly less than $30 million.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
That is according to a study by economists Melissa Kearney and Luke Pardue of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, of which I am a member.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Four arms spring from its summit: the nearest town to which these point is, according to the inscription, distant ten miles; the farthest, above twenty.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
