as in agreed
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 acquiesced
Emails between Epstein’s lawyers and federal prosecutors obtained by the Herald showed that Epstein’s lawyers repeatedly made demands and that federal prosecutors acquiesced each step of the way.
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Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, both sides acquiesced, and Bessent said the deal’s terms and investors will be revealed in the coming days or weeks.
—Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
India’s ministries for environment protection and tribal welfare have already acquiesced to the project.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Sheinbaum, for her part, has acquiesced in many instances to Trump’s requests, almost certainly with the goal of safeguarding Mexico’s relationship with its biggest export market, along with protecting Mexico’s burgeoning apparel industry from competition from Chinese operators.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
That failure is symbolized most starkly in the mute dissolution of his own group, formed to help save Chicago from its pension morass but which instead silently acquiesced in making that threat markedly worse.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Mexico acquiesced to the transfer on the condition that the Department of Justice wouldn’t pursue the death penalty against them.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
The fight only ended when Berman acquiesced, after Barr agreed to install the lawyer’s deputy to the post.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 July 2025
Officials, in turn, have at least ostensibly acquiesced while appealing decisions the administration opposes.
—Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, both sides acquiesced, and Bessent said the deal’s terms and investors will be revealed in the coming days or weeks.
—Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
India’s ministries for environment protection and tribal welfare have already acquiesced to the project.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Sheinbaum, for her part, has acquiesced in many instances to Trump’s requests, almost certainly with the goal of safeguarding Mexico’s relationship with its biggest export market, along with protecting Mexico’s burgeoning apparel industry from competition from Chinese operators.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
That failure is symbolized most starkly in the mute dissolution of his own group, formed to help save Chicago from its pension morass but which instead silently acquiesced in making that threat markedly worse.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Mexico acquiesced to the transfer on the condition that the Department of Justice wouldn’t pursue the death penalty against them.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
The fight only ended when Berman acquiesced, after Barr agreed to install the lawyer’s deputy to the post.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 July 2025
Officials, in turn, have at least ostensibly acquiesced while appealing decisions the administration opposes.
—Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesced
Verb
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The band agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit in response to the incident.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Levine Cava eventually agreed to restore the full funding, crediting rosier revenue forecasts as various county departments and independent agencies reported higher-than-expected surplus figures that could be used to pay for the nonprofit grants.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Importantly, the governed have consented to being governed and to live by the laws of the land.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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The driver of the Jeep consented to a blood draw, an analysis of which is still pending, according to the complaint.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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