acquiesce

I’d rather be called a prude than acquiesce to society’s slow drift into vice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

You are correct: You will get pulled under financially, spiritually and emotionally if you continue to acquiesce to his demands or play host to his decades-long pity parties.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026

Amodei said on Thursday he would rather stop working with the Pentagon than acquiesce to such threats.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

They refuse to give up their own potential or acquiesce to a narrative that portrays their strengths as weaknesses, so they succeed in manifesting a treasure that nobody even thought was real.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

I could not but acquiesce, for I was “dog-tired,” and could not have sat up had I tried.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

So the girl acquiesces and, in the next episode, we watch the dentist go to work on Evans’ mouth.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

He will hope the new leader acquiesces to his plea to be allowed to remain in the job until next May.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

“Their relationship is interesting, because the second that Olivia is around her big sister in person, she actually acquiesces to her,” Olagundoye says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024

My son acquiesces to her to avoid arguments.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022

Madame Sabaroff hesitates, is inclined to refuse, but at length acquiesces.

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida

Had you written to me before you acquiesced, I would have told you to pay it, but beware of this behavior going forward.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Moscow acquiesced to the Chinese yuan to be the primary currency for a planned regional-development bank covering Central Asia, known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Development Bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The Motion Picture Association and the U.S. ambassador to Canada had pressed the country to change the policy, and the government acquiesced late Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

It felt like he had that level of power, and everyone essentially acquiesced and you had this sort of anticipatory obedience.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

The red-faced judge hastily acquiesced in this extraordinary order and promptly left town.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

You could forgive sellers who end up acquiescing and agreeing to the “old” rates, in the hope that they ultimately get a higher price for their home.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

Big banks have already been acquiescing to Musk’s unusual demands, including paying up front for Grok subscriptions, thus juicing SpaceX’s flagging A.I. revenue.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

Google is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit and is alleged to “knowingly acquiescing in, failing to remedy, and materially assisting the unauthorized access” into Ritter’s accounts despite being provided notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

And pushed back again when the team insisted and said where to do it, saying: "I'll tell you when we're going to swap" before eventually acquiescing.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson