as in to agree
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)
apparently the contractor expected me to acquiesce to my own fleecing
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Recent Examples of acquiesce
But that’s nothing compared to three months later, when Ray finally acquiesces to a dinner, so Colin’s parents can meet him properly.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Instead of acquiescing to the administration’s demands, Harvard filed a lawsuit against the government, seeking to block the funding freeze.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Over hours of harrowing testimony, Cassie described acquiescing to Diddy.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Republicans have largely marched in lockstep, and a number of law firms and universities have acquiesced to his demands.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Instead of acquiescing to the administration’s demands, Harvard filed a lawsuit against the government, seeking to block the funding freeze.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Over hours of harrowing testimony, Cassie described acquiescing to Diddy.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Republicans have largely marched in lockstep, and a number of law firms and universities have acquiesced to his demands.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for acquiesce
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesce
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Viewed from within China, things had been looking up after the world’s two largest economies agreed to dramatically roll back steep tariffs – a conciliatory step in a trade war that had threatened the entire global trading system.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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Voices Hiltzik: Trump and Vance are dead wrong — economists unanimously agree that U.S. tariffs are a tax on American consumers Sept. 4, 2024 Trump’s tariff orders betray the same inattention to detail.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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The lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, Seth P. Waxman, a solicitor general for the Clinton administration, initially refused, but eventually assented after further criticism from Judge Reyes.—
Chris Cameron,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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China has built Russia’s defense industrial base, helped Iran provide Russia with one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles, and assented as North Korea has sent troops to fight in Europe.—
Kurt M. Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Apr. 2025
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Kyiv agreed in March to a 30-day full ceasefire, but Moscow has not yet consented to the deal.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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The prayer or reading of religious text must be away from other students whose parents haven’t consented, according to the bill.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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Indian officials reject this argument and view it as an integral part of their state, especially since the original leader of pre-partition Jammu and Kashmir (a Hindu) acceded to India.—
Lisa Curtis,
Foreign Affairs,
13 May 2025
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India claimed Kashmir as its then Hindu ruler acceded to Delhi, while Pakistan cited popular support from the region's Muslim majority as a basis for its claim.—
Asif Shahzad,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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