in keeping with

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: 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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The plot, though streamlined, is accented with some verbal modernisms in keeping with that reclining easy chair, as if slipped in to keep things askew. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 Forty days after Jesus’ birth, the Bible says, he was presented at the Temple in Jerusalem, in keeping with Jewish tradition. — Shushan Karapetian, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026 Rubio said the inclusive presentation was in keeping with the effort, begun by Pope Francis, to make the church less clerical and more reflective of the real world. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Russ keeps the storytelling very straightforward and very much in keeping with the style that ESPN and HBO sports documentaries have codified over the years. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in keeping with

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