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
Famously, Steve Easterbrook, the former chief executive of McDonald’s, walked away from the role with a hefty sum of $40 million after getting caught having a consensual relationship with a subordinate.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
The patients later reported that the incident was consensual.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
The department claims the stops are random and consensual.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
Televisual séances are no longer nightly, much less consensual, which is why the move by CBS is seen as a portent of a more general house cleaning over at NBC and ABC.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
The patients later reported that the incident was consensual.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
The department claims the stops are random and consensual.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
Televisual séances are no longer nightly, much less consensual, which is why the move by CBS is seen as a portent of a more general house cleaning over at NBC and ABC.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consensual
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There were reciprocal tariffs added on top, raising the tariffs from 10 to 25 percent as a base increase on my regular costs.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Heading into the final season of a five-year, $100 million deal, there could be mutual interest in a clean break.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Respecting it communicates that both voices matter and that decisions cannot move forward without mutual consent.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But the alternative liberal order built on free trade and democratic values no longer has an obvious global champion anyway, as the United States has explicitly left that role to embrace an international approach grounded in bilateral threats and dealmaking instead.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Home away from home Despite this bilateral support for the national team, the Falcons have been unable to play any of their qualification fixtures inside of Sudan due to safety concerns.—
Rory Fleming,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Consensual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consensual. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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