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accommodate (one) with (something)

To fulfill one's needs, often with special consideration after something has gone awry. Thankfully, the hotel was able to accommodate us with a non-smoking room after all. I was told there were no rentals left, but once I mentioned my famous father, the clerk was suddenly able to accommodate me with a luxury car. We have to spend the night at the airport because the airline canceled our flight. Hopefully, they'll be able to accommodate us with another one in the morning.
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accommodate (oneself) to (something)

To assimilate or adjust to a new environment or a different set of rules or expectations. The new student struggled to accommodate himself to the new school and often got in trouble as a result. If you're going to live with us, you need to accommodate yourself to our rules. It took time for our adopted daughter to accommodate herself to life in this country.
See also: accommodate, to

accommodate (someone's) wishes

To alter or tailor a situation so as to specifically cater to the desires, preferences, or designs of another person or persons. The laws exist this way for a reason, and you can't expect us to change them simply to accommodate your wishes. Look, we run a pretty casual office, but we can't accommodate everyone's wishes—especially when they involve not wearing shoes! If you accommodate your kid's wishes all the time, they might well turn into a brat before you know it.
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accommodate oneself to something

to adapt oneself to something, such as someone else's needs or a new environment. Please try to accommodate yourself to our routine.
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accommodate someone with something

to provide something special for someone; to do something that provides for someone's needs or desires. We will try to accommodate you with an earlier flight.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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She noted, however, questions remain and warned the impact of highly accommodative policies need to be evaluated continuously and the "concerns of the people" need to be taken into account.
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Structural reforms in the forthcoming Budget that boost growth while controlling spending will create more space for monetary policy to support growth -- RAGHURAM RAJAN , Governor, RBI With the RBI clearly mentioning that inflation trajectory is evolving as expectations, there are to believe that RBI will continue in an accommodative mode -- ARUNDHATI BHATTACHARYA ,
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As a result, he believes that the Fed's accommodative monetary policy stance is right for the current circumstances.
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Monetary policy will need to remain accommodative in most OECD economies over the next two years," said Padoan.
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"There are a variety of reasons why it's advantageous to have very accommodative monetary policy and that's what we have here in Canada, very accommodative monetary policy." The Bank of Canada is the only central bank in the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations which has hinted at raising interest rates.
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"Monetary policy has remained accommodative since late 2008, and monetary and credit conditions do not yet warrant a different course of action," he said.
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