as in reciprocal
agreed to by the people involved; done with the consent of the people involved
a consensual decision She claims their relationship was consensual.
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Recent Examples of consensual
California’s Assembly Bill 621, passed last year, bans non-consensual deepfake pornography.
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Wasserman’s appearance in the Epstein files document dump, despite the consensual nature of his exchanges with Maxwell, has set off a firestorm among some of the clients represented by Wasserman’s sports, marketing and entertainment units.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
These may seem consensual, but they are often shaped by fear, silence, and unequal power.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Combatting non-consensual explicit content Google is also revolutionizing how victims deal with non-consensual explicit images.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Wasserman’s appearance in the Epstein files document dump, despite the consensual nature of his exchanges with Maxwell, has set off a firestorm among some of the clients represented by Wasserman’s sports, marketing and entertainment units.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
These may seem consensual, but they are often shaped by fear, silence, and unequal power.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Combatting non-consensual explicit content Google is also revolutionizing how victims deal with non-consensual explicit images.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consensual
Adjective
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Also, there’s just something poetic and reciprocal about your child passing on some of their DNA to you.—
Jennifer Byrne,
Popular Science,
5 Mar. 2026
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The county Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation under a reciprocal agreement with San Diego police, so neither department investigates its own officers or deputies.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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The pair are juniors at Yale University who were set up by mutual friends.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Invite friends to share their recent creative ideas with you to revel in mutual inspiration.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Impala Platinum has opened formal talks with Zimbabwe’s central bank and lined up meetings with both the South African and Zimbabwean governments to press for clarity on Harare’s export-earnings policy, its CEO told Semafor, escalating a commercial cash-flow dispute into bilateral negotiations.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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And Russia has been- Russia were not investing in bilateral relations or development or investments.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Consensual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consensual. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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