accede

“We cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

"These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request," Amodei said.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

"These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request," Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

Those who accede to the Executive’s demands, too, will be in the clear.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2025

Nevertheless, he would accede to my request that he send it to the Proceedings of the National Academy.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

When Simo joined OpenAI, her new company acceded to the wishes of her old company, Kundu said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

At the time, veterans’ attorney Roman Silberfeld raised no objection, and Carter acceded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025

His fellow diplomats acceded, but that says nothing about what Golani does.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2024

Isaac Mwaura, spokesperson for the current Kenyan government, told the BBC that the authorities were "very co-operative with the protesters and acceded to the demands, including the president not assenting to the finance bill".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024

I reluctantly acceded; I yearned to spend my second night of freedom under my own roof.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In response, Samsung's management said the talks failed because "acceding to the labour union's excessive demands would risk undermining the fundamental principles of the company's management".

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

The apartheid government under President F.W. de Klerk dismantled its nuclear weapons and associated facilities in an orderly process—before acceding to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

Despite not acceding to the family’s request for life sentences, they said they were happy with the outcome and that justice had been served.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024

But to many in the profession, acceding to Mr. Kaczynski’s demands set a terrible precedent, undermining journalistic independence and doing the bidding of law enforcement.

From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

A few years prior, Mrs. Piatigorsky had been criticized in some quarters for not acceding to Fischer’s demands for the 1963 tournament, which had led to his not playing.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady