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
Mahama's predecessor, former President Nana Akufo-Addo, failed to give his assent to that version of the bill before leaving office last year.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Once Jacqueline Kennedy nodded her assent, Walton eyed the ground and indicated the place to be staked.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
I do not believe, had he asked her even a year later, she would have given her assent.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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
Rubio swiftly assented to calls from European leaders to meet in Geneva to review the Witkoff-Kushner-Dmitriev plan.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
The White House named the price — 15% of their revenues from such sales — and the companies assented willingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The new law may still face amendments and must be assented to by the president to become law.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2023
“I couldn’t agree with you more, sir,” he assented briskly in a tone of ostentatious disapproval.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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
“So!” said she, assenting with her head, but not looking at me.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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