as in to agree
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)
finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project
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as in agreed
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)
finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project
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Daniel Hall, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump knows exactly who to blame for the tanking economy: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who has not acceded to Trump’s whims to lower interest rates to goose the economy.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
If the Supreme Court accedes, that could raise the administration’s hopes that firing a Fed chair might be within bounds, even though the chair and governors of the Fed have more legal protections than those in other independent agencies.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
The university’s decision to accede to nearly all of the Trump administration’s demands outraged some faculty members, who say Columbia has sacrificed academic freedom.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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The firms that didn’t accede to the president’s demands had their security clearances removed, access to federal buildings restricted, and were banned from working for federal agencies.
—Daniel Hall, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump knows exactly who to blame for the tanking economy: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who has not acceded to Trump’s whims to lower interest rates to goose the economy.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
If the Supreme Court accedes, that could raise the administration’s hopes that firing a Fed chair might be within bounds, even though the chair and governors of the Fed have more legal protections than those in other independent agencies.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
The university’s decision to accede to nearly all of the Trump administration’s demands outraged some faculty members, who say Columbia has sacrificed academic freedom.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Accede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accede. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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