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compliance

[kuhm-plahy-uhns] / kəmˈplaɪ əns /


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It doesn’t directly affect the city’s compliance with SB 1383, but that isn’t necessary, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Ofsted served Bright Horizons, which operates 247 nurseries, a compliance notice after checks between October 2025 and June identified "significant weaknesses in organisational safeguarding leadership, governance, oversight and practice".

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Recidiviz’s tools need a deep level of access to government records, so states have to trust its security and compliance rigor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

When courts began condemning discrimination, discrimination learned the language of compliance.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026

She had been brought up to follow rules, to believe that the proper functioning of the world depended upon her compliance, and follow them—and believe—she did.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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