as in to acquiesce
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Recent Examples of reassume
In 1955: Austria reassumed its sovereignty with the departure of the last Allied forces.
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Friday’s meeting between Trump and Zelensky will be the latest encounter between the pair since Trump reassumed office at the beginning of the year.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
There were clues during week Purdy would reassume his role.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Upon reassuming his leadership role in 1997, Jobs instilled a strong emphasis on innovation and the development of exceptional core products.
—Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Friday’s meeting between Trump and Zelensky will be the latest encounter between the pair since Trump reassumed office at the beginning of the year.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
There were clues during week Purdy would reassume his role.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Upon reassuming his leadership role in 1997, Jobs instilled a strong emphasis on innovation and the development of exceptional core products.
—Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassume
Verb
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Hilton or Bianco would face the opposite in California, where many legislators would refuse to acquiesce to a Republican governor, especially one almost certain to face a swift recall, political experts said.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Maryland Civil Rights Commission could mirror Colorado’s, bringing baseless cases against religious schools that refuse to acquiesce to mainstream culture, especially beliefs on sexuality and gender.—
Stephen Mitchell,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2026
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Boasberg in a March 13 ruling determined that subpoenas to the Fed's Board of Governors in January were issued for the improper purpose of pressuring Powell to accede to Trump's demands to rapidly lower interest rates or resign.—
Andrew Goudsward,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Cuban government has already reportedly acceded to this latter demand.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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Switzerland voted to enshrine the availability of cash in its constitution, assenting to a push designed to guard against the demise of physical money.—
Bastian Benrath-Wright,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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Moderna resisted, but agreed to provide test subjects with enhanced disclosures on its informed consent form, to which the FDA assented.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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In 2018, Motta e-mailed an associate about a client who had consented to an unnecessary surgical procedure.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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But, in the slammers investigation, nearly all the people being prosecuted were pawns—passengers who’d agreed to ride in cars.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Drivers also told us the company would shortchange them by altering delivery contracts- or rate cons - which confirm how much a broker has agreed to pay to move freight - a percentage of that goes to the driver.—
Ashley Velie,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The letter also alludes to potential legal action if the county upholds the policies in question.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
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Some said the commercial, with a conventionally attractive, white, thin, blonde woman with blue eyes at its center, was upholding Sweeney as the beauty standard.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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However, South Elgin welcomes any group interested in temporarily adopting a park to clean up debris along the river’s edge once the waters recede.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Rodriguez, whose family adopted Sibomana-Rodriguez when the teen was in middle school, then introduced him to the family sport.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The houses of worship bill, which Speaker Julie Menin strongly advocated for, passed with a veto-proof majority, so pursuing a veto would likely be futile.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan think tank, has advocated for something similar, recently proposing a plan that would allow the government to nimbly navigate its stressed budget the next time the economy enters a downturn.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Reassume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassume. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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