assent
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Along the way Mr. Warsh has some hope of securing some minimal degree of assent to reforms from other Fed policymakers, influential academics and investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
When his SolarCity solar energy company ran into financial trouble in 2016, he merged it into Tesla with the assent of a compliant Tesla board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Once Jacqueline Kennedy nodded her assent, Walton eyed the ground and indicated the place to be staked.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
The minister said a "progress report" must be made three months after the legislation receives royal assent, adding this reflects "our intention to quickly produce a response following the consultation".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
The chaplain would encourage Nately with nods of comprehension or assent, amused by his candor and immaturity.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
To win, he assents to the dominion of dark forces beyond his control.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024
Hungary has signaled it will back Sweden’s bid once Turkey assents.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Despite the protests of Stoker’s clever young wife, Florence, against leaving Dublin, where “everything is laid out before you like a suit on a bed,” Stoker promptly assents.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2020
When a PhD candidate named Charles Walker pleads for late admission to his graduate seminar, Stoner assents with reluctance.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2015
Someone assents with a shout, and someone else joins in.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Elliot notes, a bit melodramatically, that while Erika “led me down the path to my destruction,” he actively assented to everything that happened to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Presidents have done so 132 times; each time, Congress has assented or at least not objected in any tangible way.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
The prosecutors said they played “no role in ICE’s decisions, which defendant assented to, or even knew about those decisions beforehand.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
A gazette from the Senate Secretariat stated that they were "deemed to have been assented to by the president".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
“Of course, or girl, Mr. Hubble,” assented Mr. Wopsle, rather irritably, “but there is no girl present.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Isaac Mwaura, spokesperson for the current Kenyan government, told the BBC that the authorities were "very co-operative with the protesters and acceded to the demands, including the president not assenting to the finance bill".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024
All of the queen’s, and now the king’s, functions are performed by a governor general acting as their direct representative — assenting to all legislation and determining who becomes Prime Minister.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
I could not reconcile this—the notion of assenting to a false inferiority seemed slightly dishonest to me—but it was clear to me that they could and I respected that.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2020
That’s because assenting to a religion is not like choosing to be a Republican or a Democrat.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2020
There was a fearful rumble of assenting and the room grew quiet.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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