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consent

[kuhn-sent] / kษ™nหˆsษ›nt /




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Meta and others sued last year over Senate Bill 976, a similar bill known as “Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act” that bars addictive feeds and certain features to minors without parental consent.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Nov. 5, 2026

The trial had hinged on the issue of consent.

From BBC โ— 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 โ— Nov. 3, 2026

Moreover, the Constitution does not ban foreign emoluments absolutely; it merely requires that Congress must consent to them.

From Slate โ— Oct. 30, 2026

Respect earned by integrity cannot be lost without your consent.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

By claiming that “it is unconstitutional for biological parents to transfer their parental rights,” Jay told me, Uthmeier’s argument “sweeps in” adoption consents, too.

From Slate โ— May 13, 2026

The board cited uncertainty in obtaining client consents and questioned Victory Capital’s $500 million synergy estimate.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Mar. 11, 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

"Technology has made it possible for them to be created by anyone, anywhere, at anytime, regardless of whether she consents," she added.

From BBC โ— Dec. 13, 2024

He fumbles with the lighter before it consents to spark.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

That arrangement quietly splits the person who is being watched from the person who consented to the watching.

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

To the majority, every detail of that contract must be knowingly consented to by all parties who might be affected.

From Slate โ— Jun. 23, 2026

Highland Independent councillor Thomas MacLennan said the property would sit "more comfortably" in the landscape than the previously consented property.

From BBC โ— Apr. 1, 2026

Of course, there was Alree Arobin, and Mademoiselle Reisz had consented to come.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Winter said it was an "extremely curious feature" of the case that Brand "obviously genuinely believed that they were consenting because that's the only thing that would explain why his behaviour was normal."

From BBC โ— Nov. 2, 2026

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

But there are things you need to consider before consenting.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Dec. 6, 2025

We helped the sick to their feet, and to them donated our own bedrolls, consenting to go without blankets for one night.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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