in keeping with
idiom
: agreeing with or sharing important qualities with (something)
The decorations in the house are in (perfect) keeping with her personality.
In keeping with the overall design of the park, the playground will remain small.
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Her experiences, combined with up-to-date advice from travel advisors, fellow journalists, and Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards, in keeping with T+L Hotel Values, formed the background for these recommendations.
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
The growing field includes a wide range: retreat businesses, operations that sell psychoactive drugs online and congregations that hold worship services regularly in keeping with longstanding traditions.
—Ernesto Londoño Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 12 May 2024
In particular, he was faulted for holding back shipments of artillery and tanks, a hesitation in keeping with the majority of the German population’s own doubts.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Its reception was rather reserved, perhaps in keeping with the film’s subject matter of grief and death.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
The growing field includes a wide range: retreat businesses, operations that sell psychoactive drugs online and congregations that hold worship services regularly in keeping with longstanding traditions.
—Ernesto Londoño Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 12 May 2024
In particular, he was faulted for holding back shipments of artillery and tanks, a hesitation in keeping with the majority of the German population’s own doubts.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Its reception was rather reserved, perhaps in keeping with the film’s subject matter of grief and death.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
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“In keeping with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20keeping%20with. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
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