assentation

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Noun
  • And in the case of Henrietta Lacks, who was African American, her cells were taken without consent and used in ground-breaking research without her family’s knowledge.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Donors must be at least 17 years old, or 16 with a parent or guardian’s consent.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The bill will become law once King Charles III grants royal assent — a formality — and the hereditary peers will leave at the end of the current session of Parliament this spring, completing a political process begun a quarter century ago.
    Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Royal input Advertisement Any act of parliament pitching for Andrew to be removed from the line of succession would need to be finalized by royal assent—the approval of His Majesty.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Decision-making gets simpler too — no group consensus needed.
    Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The consensus All-American is a well-rounded force at center.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The agreements ⁠— made with Epstein’s Southern Trust Company ⁠— were signed by executives of the Swiss bank and de Rothschild.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal is citing senior American negotiators and officials as saying chances of an agreement with Iran by tonight's deadline are slim.
    Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Food and Drug Administration approved on Thursday a gene therapy for severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 (LAD-1), an ultra-rare disease that leaves children vulnerable to life-threatening infections.
    Jason Mast, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
  • If pressure from the ultrasound wand causes organs in this area to glide smoothly, that suggests there are no adhesions.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • John sought to close the area to foreign shipping and after his accession in 1481 ordered new voyages of discovery to ascertain the southern limit of the African continent.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Wales is a meaningful place for the King, who was the Prince of Wales for 64 years before his accession to the throne upon Queen Elizabeth's death in September 2022.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • So, Moya is painting on, with full approval from the community, the mayor, and Corona's family.
    Rina Nakano, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • As Sutskever details in the memos, Altman apparently told Murati that the model didn’t need safety approval, citing the company’s general counsel, Jason Kwon.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • However, formal mindfulness meditation involves sustained practice that systematically trains attention and acceptance.
    J. David Creswell, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Grocery Hub is working on getting SNAP EBT card acceptance back at the location and intends to implement a customer loyalty program, Hussein said.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Assentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assentation. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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