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

Though he’s been asked to try to neutralize his accent in English, he’s not eager to acquiesce.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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

“If you do not acquiesce, others will. We will And someone who will support this repair. We will take our business elsewhere.”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

You say everyone acquiesces to the older brother.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Glenn acquiesces — a real adult supports someone in need, after all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

Then he acquiesces: "The main aim is to try to make a superhero film in Hollywood."

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2023

For now, the feline acquiesces; I head toward the kitchen.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2021

History ratifies the conclusion, and the common sense of mankind practically acquiesces in it.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

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

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

Grohl also had an ideal music-taste mentor in her father, who told his eldest all about Björk and acquiesced to playing Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” on repeat.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

It has just acquiesced to the status quo until it can decide.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

Isa gestured for them to come out, and they both acquiesced without bothering to put on jackets.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

You did not fall in line, and your brother was rewarded for acquiescing, even if he did have his own agenda.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 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

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

UCLA, Washington, Sacramento State and UC Davis offered spots as a walk-on, finally acquiescing to Moayed’s passionate pitch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

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