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
Many described conditions as reminiscent of the McCarthy era, and were despondent to see how quickly their office’s leaders acquiesced.
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Erica L. Green, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Watching regular people test their limits and watching regular people fight the temptation (or not!) to acquiesce to our baser instincts.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
For six frustrating years, a limp Legislature has acquiesced to a power-hungry Gov. Ron DeSantis.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
That suggests Turkey may have acquiesced to the expansion of HTS territory, Charles Lister, director of the Syria program at the Middle East Institute, wrote at the time.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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Erica L. Green, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Watching regular people test their limits and watching regular people fight the temptation (or not!) to acquiesce to our baser instincts.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
For six frustrating years, a limp Legislature has acquiesced to a power-hungry Gov. Ron DeSantis.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
That suggests Turkey may have acquiesced to the expansion of HTS territory, Charles Lister, director of the Syria program at the Middle East Institute, wrote at the time.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesce
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And the parties hoping to form Germany’s next government agreed to overhaul borrowing rules to inject more money into the military, although this must still be approved by parliament.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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Elections last September produced a largely inconclusive result, and for three months the ‘ruling’ centre-right OVP party and a host of smaller parties - Social Democrats and liberal Neos party (and the Greens) - struggled to agree on a coalition programme.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Ramaphosa assented to the law on Jan. 23 after five years of public consultation and parliamentary debate.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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But the Lebanese government requested the move, and the majority of the Lebanese parliament was ready to assent to the court.—
William Harris,
Foreign Affairs,
30 June 2011
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Ong, 79, also consented to have a second charge taken into consideration for the purposes of sentencing at a court hearing scheduled on April 2, according to a statement from Hotel Properties, in which the tycoon serves as managing director.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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But the requirements presented a problem for those suffering from an incurable and serious disease like Alzheimer’s, who were likely to lose their capacity to consent.—
Renaud Philippe,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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No Ukrainian leadership can accede to regime change and massive limits on its ability to defend itself.—
THOMAS WRIGHT,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Feb. 2025
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In exchange, Israel is acceding to Hamas' request to allow heavy machinery to unearth the bodies of Palestinians buried under rubble.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2025
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