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as in to succumb
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine
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as in to surrender
to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)
refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night
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as in to capitulate
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces
the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way
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Recent Examples of submit
For the study, which was submitted to the preprint server arXiv, the researchers created a virtual simulation of the Antikythera mechanism, which approximated how the box’s gears would have fit together.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
This budget is not a final submission and anything that is submitted would need the approval of Congress to be implemented.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Nothing has been announced yet, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on April 15 that 15 countries have submitted proposals.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
In a concurring opinion submitted with a unanimous denial of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III −a Reagan appointee − laid out an argument that sending deportees out of the country would allow the government to avoid due process.
—James Powel, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
This budget is not a final submission and anything that is submitted would need the approval of Congress to be implemented.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Nothing has been announced yet, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on April 15 that 15 countries have submitted proposals.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
In a concurring opinion submitted with a unanimous denial of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III −a Reagan appointee − laid out an argument that sending deportees out of the country would allow the government to avoid due process.
—James Powel, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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Typically seen as a safe haven asset in times of economic or geopolitical uncertainty, gold succumbed to the aftershock of Trump’s policy seesawing in recent days before rallying 1.7% to around $3,228 an ounce on Friday morning.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2025
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Within a fortnight, a farmer in rural Georgia is hospitalized with a high fever and vomiting blood; a week later his son in San Antonio succumbs, becoming the first U.S. Ebola death.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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She was shot once in the shoulder, and after briefly going back into her home, ultimately surrendered and was transported to a nearby hospital for medical attention.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Michael Busch drove an elevated fastball into the seats, the first extra-base hit Sasaki had surrendered all season.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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While results at the time tasted similar to the real thing, its inventors conceded that the texture didn’t quite work.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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Berlin has changed a lot since Soho House opened here, Bryan conceded, when asked how the organization keeps its cachet after all these years.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Submit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submit. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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