consent
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The law in Gaza allows exceptions to the minimum marital age of 17 with parental consent and authorisation by a judge.
From BBC β Sep. 23, 2026
Other companies, including Disney and Apple, have also been hit with lawsuits alleging they illegally collected biometric data without people’s consent.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 18, 2026
Once a development receives planning consent, mobile operators are issued a notice-to-quit and must remove their antennas.
From BBC β Sep. 17, 2026
Patients under 18 need the consent of a parent or guardian.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 14, 2026
The league was predicated, in short, on the consent of the governed, without which the entire enterprise would collapse.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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 β Jul. 22, 2026
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 β 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 β 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 β Mar. 13, 2025
He fumbles with the lighter before it consents to spark.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
They wrote For the People who consented to be governed by it, which includes you.
From Slate β Jul. 20, 2026
That arrangement quietly splits the person who is being watched from the person who consented to the watching.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β Apr. 1, 2026
He said this direction was with the consent of the government, which also now consented to giving her the documents back.
From BBC β Feb. 6, 2026
He took her up to Olympus, where the gods consented to receive her as one of themselves, a mortal, indeed, but the mother of a god and therefore fit to dwell with immortals.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
These "pre-mortem" tissue samples came from consenting patients undergoing heart bypass procedures at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.
From Science Daily β Sep. 11, 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 β Jun. 23, 2026
If a journalist wants an on-the-record interview with someone in Objection’s orbit, they are asked to sign an agreement consenting in advance to the tribunal’s jurisdiction.
From Salon β Apr. 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 β Mar. 5, 2026
He went consenting, or else he was no king....
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing consent
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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The Bill of Rights
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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