acquiescence
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But as community backlash to data-center construction builds throughout Pennsylvania, a $10,000 payout seemed to many residents like a too-cheap attempt to buy their acquiescence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Infantino was certain the piles of cash would buy the acquiescence — or at least the silence — of enough members for the plan to go through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
"My premise is that our acquiescence to these claims has led to the AI mess in which we find ourselves today."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
"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
His first proposition and request, that the dance begun at Mr. Cole’s should be finished there—that the same party should be collected, and the same musician engaged, met with the readiest acquiescence.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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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The Things They Carried
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