acquiescence
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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
His acquiescence ended a months-long pressure campaign against a handful of Republicans to get them to drop the bill.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
The most disturbing thing about it is the silence, the acquiescence, the normalization.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024
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
Of course, for such a thing to happen, there has to be a kind of acquiescence on the part of the victims, some submerged belief that this treatment is deserved, or at least allowable.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Vocabulary lists containing acquiescence
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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