answer to (something)
idiom
: to be the same as or match (something)
The suspect answers to the description perfectly.
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When a school fails to file an answer to an NOIW [Notice of Intent to Withdraw] within the 30-day period, SEVP will withdraw the school's certification and notify the DSOs [Designated School Officials] of the decision, in accordance with 8 CFR 214.4(d).
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The shortest answer to this question is that a violin and a fiddle are structurally the same instrument, but it can certainly be argued that a fiddle is its own entity.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
But my short answer to a very simple question is that things are better.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
None of these projects — the BQX, the IBX, or Sunnyside Yard — was ever going to offer the complete and final answer to New York’s needs, but each represents a vanishing form of optimism, the belief that the city can one day regain its vigor and be worthier of our stubborn love.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The shortest answer to this question is that a violin and a fiddle are structurally the same instrument, but it can certainly be argued that a fiddle is its own entity.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
But my short answer to a very simple question is that things are better.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
None of these projects — the BQX, the IBX, or Sunnyside Yard — was ever going to offer the complete and final answer to New York’s needs, but each represents a vanishing form of optimism, the belief that the city can one day regain its vigor and be worthier of our stubborn love.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Answer to (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/answer%20to%20%28something%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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