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
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.
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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
Emails between Epstein’s lawyers and federal prosecutors obtained by the Herald showed that Epstein’s lawyers repeatedly made demands and that federal prosecutors acquiesced each step of the way.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, both sides acquiesced, and Bessent said the deal’s terms and investors will be revealed in the coming days or weeks.
—Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
India’s ministries for environment protection and tribal welfare have already acquiesced to the project.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Sheinbaum, for her part, has acquiesced in many instances to Trump’s requests, almost certainly with the goal of safeguarding Mexico’s relationship with its biggest export market, along with protecting Mexico’s burgeoning apparel industry from competition from Chinese operators.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
That failure is symbolized most starkly in the mute dissolution of his own group, formed to help save Chicago from its pension morass but which instead silently acquiesced in making that threat markedly worse.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Mexico acquiesced to the transfer on the condition that the Department of Justice wouldn’t pursue the death penalty against them.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
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
Emails between Epstein’s lawyers and federal prosecutors obtained by the Herald showed that Epstein’s lawyers repeatedly made demands and that federal prosecutors acquiesced each step of the way.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, both sides acquiesced, and Bessent said the deal’s terms and investors will be revealed in the coming days or weeks.
—Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
India’s ministries for environment protection and tribal welfare have already acquiesced to the project.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Sheinbaum, for her part, has acquiesced in many instances to Trump’s requests, almost certainly with the goal of safeguarding Mexico’s relationship with its biggest export market, along with protecting Mexico’s burgeoning apparel industry from competition from Chinese operators.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
That failure is symbolized most starkly in the mute dissolution of his own group, formed to help save Chicago from its pension morass but which instead silently acquiesced in making that threat markedly worse.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Mexico acquiesced to the transfer on the condition that the Department of Justice wouldn’t pursue the death penalty against them.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesced
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Officials met with family members Thursday and agreed to start using heavy machinery to remove the debris and recover the bodies.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Local officials have now met with family members and agreed to begin using machinery to move the rubble and start recovering bodies.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Most of the Arab states have consented to Trump's plan, and Israel is also on board.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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However, Price, 42, consented to a search of her home by the Marshals Service, whose agents found Daniels inside, Holder said.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Acquiesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiesced. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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