acquiescence
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"We are constrained only by the extent that we accept the status quo through acquiescence, complacency, and limited ambition."
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
In response, many leaders in the private sector—as well as in philanthropy, media, law and academia—have responded not with criticism, but with acquiescence and accommodation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
I found something unsettling in their quiet acquiescence: It seemed less like a demonstration of higher principles and more like an act of submission.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2025
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 • Feb. 13, 2024
The old woman regarded her for several seconds, as though evaluating her, before nodding in acquiescence.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing acquiescence
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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Power Suffix: -escence
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