accede
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"I am prepared to accede to the prosecution's request" said presiding judge Joanna Korner.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Anthropic also refuses to accede to the Pentagon’s demand for access to the AI system’s full capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
Those who accede to the Executive’s demands, too, will be in the clear.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2025
He can decide whether to accede or contest his extradition.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
Victoria Forester, however, was used to having her own way, and, if all else failed, or even if it did not, she would appeal to her father, and he would accede to her demands.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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
The hospital acceded to most of this request, but did not provide the identities of its child patients and their families and their confidential medical files.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
Charles acceded to the throne on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, and his coronation took place the following May.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
Countries that have ratified or acceded to the treaty are obligated to “prevent or punish” it.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023
By combining scraps of data on several inscriptions, archaeologists have calculated that Chak Tok Ich’aak probably acceded to the throne in 360 a.d.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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
What it emphatically cannot mean is acceding to powerlessness in the face of a bunch of institutions that are working to make it seem as if their omnipotence is inevitable, or irrevocable, or constitutionally overdetermined.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
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
All of the sisters played chess with him, but acceding to his preference, they played Fischer Random.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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