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
Heller ultimately acquiesced and agreed to assist Hudson for one year.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Jason was skeptical but acquiesced.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Trump had basically acquiesced both tactically and strategically to Netanyahu’s policies in Gaza for the past nine months.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 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
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
Angelique Jackson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Jason was skeptical but acquiesced.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Trump had basically acquiesced both tactically and strategically to Netanyahu’s policies in Gaza for the past nine months.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesced
Verb
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Leaders in Congress agreed and sent out armadas of patriot privateers to do just that, plundering British shipping around the Atlantic rim and forcing Royal Navy warships to redeploy to convoy duty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement In April 2021, Min Aung Hlaing personally agreed at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting to the Five Point Consensus intended to end the bloodshed and open a path toward dialogue.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Though machines revived her, she was declared brain dead, and five days later, her parents consented to remove her from life support.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The fine was related to how users consented to data collection.—
Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Acquiesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiesced. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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