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
Second, the consensual standards approach creates higher quality guidance by tapping diverse expertise.
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Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Some of the victims were allegedly forced to say, on camera, that their encounters were consensual.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The pair’s relationship in the Sacramento area was consensual, and the victim did allow Campos to take nude photos of her in 2004 and earlier.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025
But an unidentified friend of hers had contradicted that account in an interview with a detective, saying Evans called it a consensual act in exchange for the promise of acting work.
—Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR, 20 Apr. 2025
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Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Some of the victims were allegedly forced to say, on camera, that their encounters were consensual.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The pair’s relationship in the Sacramento area was consensual, and the victim did allow Campos to take nude photos of her in 2004 and earlier.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025
But an unidentified friend of hers had contradicted that account in an interview with a detective, saying Evans called it a consensual act in exchange for the promise of acting work.
—Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consensual
Adjective
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That was due to the suspension of many of Trump’s reciprocal tariffs for three months, until early July, after the president unveiled his original tariff policy on April 2.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
9 May 2025
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The president imposed reciprocal tariffs on a slew of countries April 2 but later paused most of them for 90 days, saying those nations' leaders were eager to negotiate trade deals.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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While the pair seemed a bit random on paper, the 30-year-old model and 50-year-old actor share mutual friends and are both coparents with famous exes.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
4 May 2025
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Relying on security architecture and mutual defense was not wise.—
Frank Lavin,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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There was some doubt about that bilateral trajectory when President Trump issued an executive order shortly after taking office, suspending funds for the U.S. Agency for International Development for projects in Vietnam.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 Apr. 2025
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Pope Francis had reportedly been struggling to breathe and speak before being admitted on Feb. 14 to a Rome hospital, where he was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Consensual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consensual. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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