as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
was not as acquiescent about sharing her room as her parents seemed to think she should be
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Recent Examples of acquiescent
With This is Gavin Newsom, the California governor is obviously working to position himself as some sort of aisle-bridging but Trump-antagonizing candidate, an acquiescent project that involves booking Steve Bannon one week and Ezra Klein the next.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
The president has been calling aggressively for lower rates and a more acquiescent Fed.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Where Chelsea’s domestic overseers have been largely acquiescent to their accounting ingenuity, the same can’t be said abroad.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Because rulers do not hesitate to violently suppress dissent, citizens are risk averse and acquiescent.
—Michael Bratton, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2016
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
The president has been calling aggressively for lower rates and a more acquiescent Fed.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Where Chelsea’s domestic overseers have been largely acquiescent to their accounting ingenuity, the same can’t be said abroad.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Because rulers do not hesitate to violently suppress dissent, citizens are risk averse and acquiescent.
—Michael Bratton, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2016
See All Example Sentences for acquiescent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescent
Adjective
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Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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The album’s 20 songs are the resigned and rueful sound of him making amends with his obscurity, and his larger place in the universe.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Her son, Navaraj, is obedient and dutiful.—
Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
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Tariffs could be 'hard sell' in election year How obedient will the congressional GOP be to Trump in an election year?—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The number appears in studies and policy briefs with clinical neutrality, as if time were a passive variable in a complex system.—
Sarah Berg,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
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The passive isolation is fair, providing the earbuds with a strong foundation for ANC.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Acquiescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiescent. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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