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agreeing

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verb

present participle of agree
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of agreeing
Verb
Hori closed the spa and settled his case with New Mexico in 2025, agreeing to pay $350,000 in restitution to customers. — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 But Trump’s broadsides against Ukraine this week, while agreeing a diesel deal with Russia, obscure Washington’s broader plan to end the war, The Washington Post’s David Ignatius reported. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 was even modeled after the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, agreeing among nations how to share special spaces for scientific research. — Daniella McCahey, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 Suddenly the project became red hot, with A24 agreeing to finance the movie and giving it a production start date — even without a lead in place. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026 The sketch eventually returns to its original premise, with the father finally agreeing to try the green eggs and ham — only for Sam-I-Am to reveal that Zackary’s suspicions were justified all along. — Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Moscow — By agreeing to open Russia’s taps and release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel into a starving global market, the Kremlin has achieved something that raw military might on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine could never deliver. — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026 Strongly agreeing about one or more counted as holding the anti-elite attitude. — Thomas Shull, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Each worker signed a document seen by The Associated Press agreeing not to disparage Caddell and not to disclose the individual payments. — Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreeing
Adjective
  • The casing is consistent with the same caliber of weapon that Jones had in his possession when police took him into custody, a Fort Worth Police Department homicide unit detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The list takes months to compile, with multiple steps and checks designed to ensure the ranking is rigorous and consistent.
    — Kelli Grant, CFP®,Riley de León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Skoden will celebrate Native American culture coinciding with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Fried and his partner are expecting their first child this week, coinciding with Fried starting a Game 3 elimination contest in which the Tampa Bay Rays could knock the Yankees out of the playoffs and end their season.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Yet one or more of the P5 could inject new names at the last minute, once again leaving the decision to behind-the-scenes bargaining among a few powerful states.
    — Ian Johnstone, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The California Gig Workers Union hopes to begin bargaining by the end of the year, CalMatters reported.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The president, who generally resists admitting fault, has recently made several reversals responding to ethical concerns.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The hospital has been placed under quarantine, Mayor Maxim Modin said Friday, no longer admitting or discharging patients, and its laboratory halted carrying out routine tests.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Gone are the four nations, corresponding to the elements, who coexisted in harmony that was disrupted and then, episode by episode, restored.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The team broke down Mario’s possible path through a level into individual sections, each corresponding to a calculation instruction of the counting machine.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Chow followed it with Kung Fu Hustle (2004), another genre-blending smash that earned more than $100 million worldwide and cemented his reputation as one of Hong Kong’s greatest comedy-action hitmakers.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Coinciding with the presentation that christened her store, Hod also launched a fragrance blending green tea and orchid blossoms, which is available to purchase as a perfume, candle or diffuser.
    — Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Switzerland voted to enshrine the availability of cash in its constitution, assenting to a push designed to guard against the demise of physical money.
    — Bastian Benrath-Wright, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Partner with community leaders who represent underserved groups to ensure information is relevant and culturally congruent.
    — Doreen Samelson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026
  • But for those of us who love love — who can clock not just the subtle rhythms of the genre but also the personal rhythms of a couple sharing an honest, congruent, life-altering experience — the details matter.
    — Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 23 May 2026

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“Agreeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agreeing. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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