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Recent Examples of acquiescent In the aftermath of Germany’s 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, which bordered Iran at the time, the U.K. forced Reza to abdicate, replacing him with his more acquiescent eldest son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024 Society expects brown women to be more acquiescent and passive, and perceives Black women as angry. Pragya Agarwal, Scientific American, 24 June 2024 Critics described the overhaul as a scheme by the Board of Selectmen’s Republican majority to shape a library with more conservative and acquiescent leaders. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024 Trent Lott, the Republican majority leader, summarily fired Dove and substituted a more acquiescent replacement, and the administration’s agenda proceeded on track. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2021 See All Example Sentences for acquiescent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescent
Adjective
  • The Cowboys are only .500, and the expectations for this team from their resigned fan base are so low that a playoff appearance will qualify as a good year.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2025
  • But there is a weariness here, too, a resigned cynicism that carries the film into its second act, which zooms ahead some 15 years and finds Perfidia’s child, Willa (Chase Infiniti), now a teenager living in hiding with her father, Bob.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a difference, school leaders said, between building the confidence of girls, whom society expects to be obedient and agreeable, and building the confidence of boys, who get different societal messages.
    Melanie Asmar, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The Tyrell Corporation, a powerful company that created the replicants and profits from sending them to work on distant colonies, sees them as nothing more than obedient workers.
    Claire A. Simmers, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Being passive aggressive and giving non-committal responses is clearly not working.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • X-ray studies show the spray comes in rapid pulses, like a tiny machine gun, generated by a passive valve-and-membrane system that cycles pressure safely without cooking the beetle itself.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Acquiescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiescent. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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