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
His only other trip abroad since reassuming the presidency, besides a quick jaunt to the pope’s funeral and a couple of obligatory summits, was a tour through the Middle East.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 24 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
His only other trip abroad since reassuming the presidency, besides a quick jaunt to the pope’s funeral and a couple of obligatory summits, was a tour through the Middle East.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassume
Verb
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When successful, a diversified strategy has enabled New Delhi to avoid acquiescing to any one partner’s decisions and to play countries off one another to strengthen its own position.—
Tanvi Madan,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Everyone besides Aggie has acquiesced.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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Interior Minister Marco Antonio Villeda said the government won’t accede to demands from gang members or organized crime.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2026
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If the United States had remained its only option, India might have had no choice but to accede to these demands after the war, but the growing Sino-Soviet split ensured that Moscow again wanted to work with India.—
Tanvi Madan,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Verb
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China has built Russia’s defense industrial base, helped Iran provide Russia with one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles, and assented as North Korea has sent troops to fight in Europe.—
Kurt M. Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Apr. 2025
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His representatives soon assented to de Moraes’s orders, including taking down the offending accounts and paying the fines.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Bastian had to consent to the conditioning stint.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 2026
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But even proponents of the efforts to tackle nutrition concerns don't agree on which foods to target.—
Alan Greenblatt,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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If nothing changes, the Hispanic arts industry in Arkansas could be threatened, both musicians agreed.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
12 Jan. 2026
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Guard confidences well, uphold boundaries and understand that people can only act from their current level of awareness.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Guard confidences well, uphold boundaries, and understand that people can only act from their current level of awareness.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Wilson was born in 1994 in Florida to teenage parents and was adopted shortly after birth by Cindy and Steve Wilson, a couple from Cape Coral, per the News-Press.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Charley Hoffman Foundation was created by PGA TOUR professional Charley Hoffman and his wife Stacy in 2009 to raise funds for charities benefiting children in their native and adopted hometowns of San Diego and Las Vegas.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Local residents have advocated for a more permanent solution to the violent elephant encounters, and for the families of the deceased to be compensated.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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The Department of Angels is a nonprofit organization that advocates for wildfire survivors.—
Jasmine Viel,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Reassume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassume. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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