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verb

present tense third-person singular of assent
as in agrees
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) are we to conclude from your silence that you assent?

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assents

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noun

plural of assent
as in agreements

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Recent Examples of assents
Verb
False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assents
  1. agrees
  2. agreements
  3. consents
  4. acceptances
  5. approvals
  6. confirmations
  7. affirmations
Verb
  • Played by the talented Halle Bailey, young mermaid Ariel yearns to be on land, has the hots for Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) – who at least gets a character arc this time – and agrees to a bad deal with witchy Ursula (Melissa McCarthy).
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The couple agrees to a separation, despite being worried, McElwee says, about its effect on their children.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
Definition of agrees
Noun
  • The cities can either fight the lawsuits in court or reach agreements with the state that set court-enforceable deadlines for updating their housing elements.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • So are the licensing agreements that owners of cable channels have with cable companies.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of agreements
Verb
  • No one specifically consents to be included in them, but people have no choice.
    — Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • The site adds that the winner's identity (in this case, the beneficiary) is kept confidential under Ohio law, unless the winner consents to be identified in writing.
    — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
Definition of consents
Noun
  • As his offers continued to stack up, Pruitt learned about Madison Crowell, a 2024 graduate of Georgia's Liberty County High School who was believed to hold a national record with 231 college acceptances and about $15 million in scholarships.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • The class received more than 1,300 college acceptances, including several who earned full-ride scholarships.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Definition of acceptances
Noun
  • Despite receiving federal approvals, a federal judge put the Nexstar-Tegna merger on hold, siding with state attorneys general and DirecTV in their claims that the merger would be anticompetitive.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 July 2026
  • If an engineer spends 40% of the day chasing approvals, moving data between systems or completing repetitive tasks, then high-value talent is operating below capacity.
    — Priya Sawant, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of approvals
Noun
  • On Friday, only two cases of Legionnaire’s Disease had been reported, although city doctors were awaiting additional confirmations.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
  • The Verge reported these changes, citing an internal meeting audio and former employee confirmations.
    — Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of confirmations
Noun
  • As Lines’ delusions calcified, so did ChatGPT’s affirmations.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 2 July 2026
  • The book also offers readers an alternative to conventional self-help narratives by prioritizing logic, intellectual curiosity, and personal accountability over simplistic affirmations.
    — Forbes Books Press Release Official, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of affirmations

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