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consent

[kuhn-sent] / kΙ™nˈsΙ›nt /




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TikTok, in its lawsuit filed Wednesday, argues that AB 1709 essentially overrides SB 976, preventing a social media site from providing “addictive features,” even if parents consent to a minor’s use of the features.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 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 ● Nov. 3, 2026

"No means no, whether you've had consensual sex before or not. If you have any doubt about their consent, stop."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 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 ● Oct. 30, 2026

For one thing, he said, without my consent, he couldn't do anything.

From "How the GarcΓ­a Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

But if biological mothers and fathers are constitutionally forbidden from transferring parental rights, then many adoption consents are null and void.

From Slate ● 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 ● 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 ● Mar. 13, 2025

A Shell spokesman said the Jackdaw development had been developed in line with all relevant consents and permits.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024

He fumbles with the lighter before it consents to spark.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Meta has pushed back against these reports, saying it does not believe that Muse accesses emails unless a user has consented.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He accused them of directly engaging "in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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 ● Aug. 4, 2026

She obligingly consented to act as mediatrix in the matter.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

He called for their release from the detention center, saying he is concerned that they will be pressured into signing documents consenting to their removal from the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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 ● Jun. 23, 2026

“If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here,” the U.S. senator said during a congressional hearing.

From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2026

Now, being a man, I could not help consenting.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer


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