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"I am prepared to accede to the prosecution's request" said presiding judge Joanna Korner.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei had refused: “We cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

"These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request," Amodei said.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

Thursday, Amodei doubled down on his objections, saying that while the company continues to negotiate and wants to work with the Pentagon, “we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Nevertheless, he would accede to my request that he send it to the Proceedings of the National Academy.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

When Simo joined OpenAI, her new company acceded to the wishes of her old company, Kundu said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

He said that his superiors told him to not to follow typical procedures to further its approvals based on perspective from the city attorney’s office and that the mayor acceded to that view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

His fellow diplomats acceded, but that says nothing about what Golani does.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2024

She has been part of Sanchez's inner circle since he acceded to power in 2018.

From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2023

I reluctantly acceded; I yearned to spend my second night of freedom under my own roof.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In response, Samsung's management said the talks failed because "acceding to the labour union's excessive demands would risk undermining the fundamental principles of the company's management".

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

The apartheid government under President F.W. de Klerk dismantled its nuclear weapons and associated facilities in an orderly process—before acceding to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

What it emphatically cannot mean is acceding to powerlessness in the face of a bunch of institutions that are working to make it seem as if their omnipotence is inevitable, or irrevocable, or constitutionally overdetermined.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

Despite not acceding to the family’s request for life sentences, they said they were happy with the outcome and that justice had been served.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024

All of the sisters played chess with him, but acceding to his preference, they played Fischer Random.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady