assent

Example Sentences

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Proxy military groups stayed out of the June 2025 war, apparently with Tehran’s assent.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Disarmament there has frequently been conducted with Hezbollah’s assent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

But it has now finally been passed, without the amendment, and will become law once royal assent is given.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

Courts have long held that public school students are not entitled to immunity from ideas they find objectionable, particularly when those ideas are part of a curriculum designed to foster awareness, not assent.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2025

Anyone who responded with even a conditional assent was told, “Good. You leave the day after tomorrow.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik