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
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.
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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
Prime then said that the board later listened and acquiesced to some of the requests of Phelps, O’Donnell and Prime in the final 2025 charter agreement, the one put in front of teams in September and the one that 13 of 15 teams signed.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
Heller ultimately acquiesced and agreed to assist Hudson for one year.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Jason was skeptical but acquiesced.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Unlike the previous cases, the FTC was the very agency at issue in Humphrey’s Executor, and Slaughter has also acquiesced to taking up the case.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 22 Sep. 2025
Once all parties had acquiesced, the head of the FCC joined the president in taking a victory lap.
—Jason Bailey, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
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
Prime then said that the board later listened and acquiesced to some of the requests of Phelps, O’Donnell and Prime in the final 2025 charter agreement, the one put in front of teams in September and the one that 13 of 15 teams signed.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
Heller ultimately acquiesced and agreed to assist Hudson for one year.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Jason was skeptical but acquiesced.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Unlike the previous cases, the FTC was the very agency at issue in Humphrey’s Executor, and Slaughter has also acquiesced to taking up the case.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 22 Sep. 2025
Once all parties had acquiesced, the head of the FCC joined the president in taking a victory lap.
—Jason Bailey, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesced
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Trump said late Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a temporary pause in targeting Kyiv and other places as the region experiences freezing temperatures that have brought widespread hardship to civilians.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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The Senate agreed in 2006, when lawmakers confirmed Warsh to the Fed by voice vote.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Brenner and Ostrofsky consented before having a moment to discuss it.—
Thomas Koetting,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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But the camera in your pocket is also part of a maturing surveillance ecosystem, one that links video, facial recognition and location data in ways most people never consented to and often don’t fully recognize.—
Nicole M. Bennett,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Acquiesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiesced. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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