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
Allen is said to have reluctantly acquiesced to ARC’s demands and, in the process, alienated others.
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Ian King, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
The Clintons previously objected to testifying before Congress about their ties to the late financier, but ultimately acquiesced to Comer’s subpoena.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The university acquiesced to the demands last year to restore its grant funding.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Not that Pumas acquiesced to SDFC amassing several taller players near the goalmouth.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
In response to the backlash, which has been ongoing ever since, the company has half-acquiesced to public pressure and made piecemeal efforts at image rehabilitation.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
If some companies, like BP and Total acquiesced, others like Exxon and Conoco packed up and left, writing off $billions and filing international arbitration claims that dissuaded many firms from seeking to establish operations in the country.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Key attacker Djordje Mihailovic abruptly pushed the club to leave in the summer and, ultimately, the Rapids reluctantly acquiesced to an $8 million trade to Toronto FC.
—Tom Bogert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Everyone besides Aggie has acquiesced.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Ian King, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
The Clintons previously objected to testifying before Congress about their ties to the late financier, but ultimately acquiesced to Comer’s subpoena.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The university acquiesced to the demands last year to restore its grant funding.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Not that Pumas acquiesced to SDFC amassing several taller players near the goalmouth.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
In response to the backlash, which has been ongoing ever since, the company has half-acquiesced to public pressure and made piecemeal efforts at image rehabilitation.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
If some companies, like BP and Total acquiesced, others like Exxon and Conoco packed up and left, writing off $billions and filing international arbitration claims that dissuaded many firms from seeking to establish operations in the country.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Key attacker Djordje Mihailovic abruptly pushed the club to leave in the summer and, ultimately, the Rapids reluctantly acquiesced to an $8 million trade to Toronto FC.
—Tom Bogert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Everyone besides Aggie has acquiesced.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesced
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The two men spoke with disdain for Europe, and Szijjártó agreed to help in removing an Uzbek-Russian oligarch’s sister from a European sanctions list.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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State officials say federal agents first agreed to work with them at the scenes of the Good and Sosa-Celis shootings, then federal officials later took control of the evidence.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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Moderna resisted, but agreed to provide test subjects with enhanced disclosures on its informed consent form, to which the FDA assented.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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The court found that the man, who has significant cognitive impairments, appeared to have consented to removal without understanding the process and without his caretakers being notified, according to court documents reviewed by Newsweek.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Oliver consented to a preliminary breath test, which showed a positive reading for alcohol, police said.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Acquiesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiesced. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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