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
India’s ministries for environment protection and tribal welfare have already acquiesced to the project.
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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
The fight only ended when Berman acquiesced, after Barr agreed to install the lawyer’s deputy to the post.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 July 2025
Officials, in turn, have at least ostensibly acquiesced while appealing decisions the administration opposes.
—Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Everyone involved acquiesced to Moses and Morrison’s increasingly expensive demands.
—Elon Green, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025
In reality, few of the rebellious nomadic pastoralists native to the territory ever acquiesced to Moroccan imperial rule.
—Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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
The fight only ended when Berman acquiesced, after Barr agreed to install the lawyer’s deputy to the post.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 July 2025
Officials, in turn, have at least ostensibly acquiesced while appealing decisions the administration opposes.
—Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Everyone involved acquiesced to Moses and Morrison’s increasingly expensive demands.
—Elon Green, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025
In reality, few of the rebellious nomadic pastoralists native to the territory ever acquiesced to Moroccan imperial rule.
—Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesced
Verb
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The House General Investigating Committee, led by Republicans, unanimously agreed to bring forth 20 articles of impeachment.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Watching beets grow is almost as bad as eating them, all of us agreed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Importantly, the governed have consented to being governed and to live by the laws of the land.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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The driver of the Jeep consented to a blood draw, an analysis of which is still pending, according to the complaint.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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