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In which U.S. document do the words "advise and consent" appear?

consent

[kuhn-sent] / kษ™nหˆsษ›nt /




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Parker could not keep them up again the following season and left by mutual consent in June 2021.

From BBC โ— Nov. 4, 2026

Alongside this, investors and analysts will be focused on updates around the U.S. consent decree process, she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Nov. 3, 2026

She wrote on the platform: “I did not and would never consent to this administration running my fanart through AI and posting it. Can’t even believe I’m saying these words.”

From Los Angeles Times โ— Oct. 30, 2026

The foreign emoluments clause prohibits all federal officials from accepting gifts of valuables, office, or title from any foreign country without express congressional consent.

From Slate โ— Oct. 30, 2026

To “come along” meant that he would change his ways and consent to be the husband she had traveled so far to find.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

An application has been made to the Scottish government's energy consents unit and the full planning application is expected to be submitted by the end of next year.

From BBC โ— Jul. 22, 2026

These consents, after all, are legal agreements that terminate a biological parent’s legal claim to a child and vest those rights in non-biological parents.

From Slate โ— May 13, 2026

In a recent update, the company has secured five transmission planning decisions since November, and will continue to focus on securing remaining consents for its projects.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Feb. 4, 2026

And he can remain on our soil only when the sovereign — in the U.S., that’s “We the People” — consents to it.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Mar. 13, 2025

He consents without a murmur, all join in a joyful chorus, and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro’s blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

In the end, Sheinbaum consented to freeze the former officials’ accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Oct. 7, 2026

The court also acquitted them of abusing Graven's psychological frailty, as he had told police prior to his death that he had consented to the stunts, Hamadi's lawyer told Reuters.

From BBC โ— Aug. 7, 2026

Although 88 agents consented to the forensic imaging of their personal phones, Robbins said none of those had been imaged at the time of the hearing.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Aug. 4, 2026

They wrote For the People who consented to be governed by it, which includes you.

From Slate โ— Jul. 20, 2026

He had handled things just right so far; all but Gus had consented.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

And beyond consenting to, that affirms that entitlement.

From Slate โ— Oct. 16, 2026

These "pre-mortem" tissue samples came from consenting patients undergoing heart bypass procedures at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.

From Science Daily โ— Sep. 11, 2026

In a secure and mutually consenting relationship, of course.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Jul. 13, 2026

He suggests Washington’s funding could require state officers “to enter separate contracts with the federal government consenting to answer suits under RLUIPA.”

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Jun. 23, 2026

He went consenting, or else he was no king....

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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