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
Key attacker Djordje Mihailovic abruptly pushed the club to leave in the summer and, ultimately, the Rapids reluctantly acquiesced to an $8 million trade to Toronto FC.
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Tom Bogert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
When successful, a diversified strategy has enabled New Delhi to avoid acquiescing to any one partner’s decisions and to play countries off one another to strengthen its own position.
—Tanvi Madan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Everyone besides Aggie has acquiesced.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
And if Ellison gets his way and buys Warners in a history-changing moment for Hollywood, Cruise won’t be the only one having to acquiesce to a new cultural order.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
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Tom Bogert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
When successful, a diversified strategy has enabled New Delhi to avoid acquiescing to any one partner’s decisions and to play countries off one another to strengthen its own position.
—Tanvi Madan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Everyone besides Aggie has acquiesced.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
And if Ellison gets his way and buys Warners in a history-changing moment for Hollywood, Cruise won’t be the only one having to acquiesce to a new cultural order.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesce
Verb
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But surprisingly, not everyone agrees.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Building a car factory the US could take several years, but leading experts agree that most Chinese carmakers are already eyeing the US market.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Petro finally assented, after several former Colombian Presidents offered to help smooth things over, and the relationship calmed down.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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Key to the proposal, which is similar to one former President Joe Biden made more than a year ago, is Hamas assenting both to be disarmed and removed from governing Gaza.—
Dina Kraft,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This is a sadist who is surprisingly committed to consent.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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After Maldonado consented to a search, police located seven rounds of ammunition in his back pocket, a black face mask in his jacket pocket and a gun in the vehicle.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Interior Minister Marco Antonio Villeda said the government won’t accede to demands from gang members or organized crime.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2026
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If the United States had remained its only option, India might have had no choice but to accede to these demands after the war, but the growing Sino-Soviet split ensured that Moscow again wanted to work with India.—
Tanvi Madan,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Acquiesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiesce. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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