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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Verb
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Founder of Les Filles en Rouge, and French style icon Jeanne Damas agrees.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
11 Nov. 2025 -
Ostrowski agrees that the savings made possible by a potential 50-year mortgage would be rather small.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The former Pac-12 schools still are under the conference’s old bowl agreements, which are set to expire after the season.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Alaska's emergency management division does not have formal agreements with the state's education department designating schools as emergency shelters, and neither agency has funding to help maintain schools specifically as emergency shelters.—
Emily Schwing,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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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
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Under Virginia law, the identity of a winner cannot be disclosed by the lottery if their prize is valued at $1 million or more, unless the person consents to that disclosure in writing.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Monday ranks highest for connection request acceptances.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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But instead of acceptances and rejections, which would have been definitive answers, most of my classmates got no real resolution at all.—
Mary Frances Ruskell,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Barrett Lo Visionary Development received conditional approvals for a Planned Development Overlay District tied to the redevelopment of the site, village records show.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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While Microsoft has gotten the necessary approvals to ship advanced Nvidia chips, G42 — which counts Microsoft as an investor and Smith as a board member — is still waiting.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In fact, military buildups without diplomatic assurances are prone to be interpreted by China’s leadership as confirmations of hostile intent.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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Save all email confirmations and change notifications.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her bridal party went viral for the prayers and affirmations the couple wrote on bayleaves that were put into a cinnamon broom handmade by Monaleo’s grandmother.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Good friends and positive affirmations always help.—
Akili King,
Essence,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Assents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assents. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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