as in to acquiesce
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Recent Examples of reassume
A number of polls show Trump's star rising after reassuming the presidency, with polling released Thursday by Gallup, showing that 47 percent of respondents support Trump's term so far.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Just two days after reassuming the presidency, Trump took aim at MSNBC in a Truth Social post.
—Liam Reilly, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
Donald Trump returned to office as president on Monday, reassuming his duties as commander in chief.
—Ian Pannell, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Afterward, the Assad regime reassumed control of most of the rest of Syria.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Just two days after reassuming the presidency, Trump took aim at MSNBC in a Truth Social post.
—Liam Reilly, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
Donald Trump returned to office as president on Monday, reassuming his duties as commander in chief.
—Ian Pannell, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Afterward, the Assad regime reassumed control of most of the rest of Syria.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassume
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The driver then acquiesced, and the officers searched him and the car.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
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Trump’s initiatives, acquiesced in by supportive congressional Republicans, would limit its ability to help them, though federal courts have questioned or halted many of his unilateral actions.—
Carl Leubsdorf,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Harvard argues the administration is retaliating against it for refusing to accede to demands to control the school's governance, curriculum, and the ideology of its faculty and students.—
Nate Raymond,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Speakers across the commencement events added their voices to that support, and praised Harvard’s president Alan Garber for refusing to accede to demands from the Administration.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
29 May 2025
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The lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, Seth P. Waxman, a solicitor general for the Clinton administration, initially refused, but eventually assented after further criticism from Judge Reyes.—
Chris Cameron,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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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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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.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Park consented to speak with the FBI at JFK and was interviewed by them there.—
Andres Triay,
CBS News,
4 June 2025
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The Florida Highway Patrol did not agree to an interview or respond to questions about the arrests sent in writing.—
Hannah Critchfield,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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Voices Hiltzik: Trump and Vance are dead wrong — economists unanimously agree that U.S. tariffs are a tax on American consumers Sept. 4, 2024 Trump’s tariff orders betray the same inattention to detail.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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However, the president fumed at foreign leaders on Friday for failing to uphold their end of the deal.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
30 May 2025
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There is a fundamental truth here that must be upheld.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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The term smart city, which first began to appear in the 1990s, is used to describe an urban area that adopts innovative digital technologies, data, sensors, and connectivity to improve a community’s livability, workability, and sustainability.—
Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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At the heart of the conference is the push to ratify the High Seas Treaty, adopted in 2023.—
Annika Hammerschlag,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Experts say that lessons learned from attempts to preserve more challenging, international historical sites on Earth shows there's a critical need to advocate for global cooperation and policy frameworks now — before irreversible damage occurs.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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Pope Leo called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages in a May 28 general audience, following in the steps of his predecessor Pope Francis, who was both praised and criticized for using his position to advocate for ending the war in Gaza.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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“Reassume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassume. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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