acquiescence
Example Sentences
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His acquiescence ended a months-long pressure campaign against a handful of Republicans to get them to drop the bill.
From Barron's
The harm from Carr’s threat and the network’s acquiescence is enormous.
From Salon
The most disturbing thing about it is the silence, the acquiescence, the normalization.
From Los Angeles Times
“Endorsement doesn’t mean approval or acquiescence,” the group noted.
From Los Angeles Times
He thought the silence was a sign of complete, not complicity, but of terrified acquiescence to a kind of enslavement, and he was not having it.
From Salon
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