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Throughout our conversation, in fact, the pair chuckles, nods along to each other’s answers, interjects sounds of assent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

The Ministry of Justice as so far declined to grant royal assent on the basis that key safeguards including around coercion had not been written directly into the Isle of Man bill.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Along the way Mr. Warsh has some hope of securing some minimal degree of assent to reforms from other Fed policymakers, influential academics and investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Once Jacqueline Kennedy nodded her assent, Walton eyed the ground and indicated the place to be staked.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

“I suppose...yes…” said Slughorn in a rather agitated voice, while Hagrid let out a strangled sob of assent.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

“False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation,” McCann wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

To win, he assents to the dominion of dark forces beyond his control.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024

Hungary has signaled it will back Sweden’s bid once Turkey assents.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

“She’s gone through hell and high water,” the pastor said to nods and assents.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021

Someone assents with a shout, and someone else joins in.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Elliot notes, a bit melodramatically, that while Erika “led me down the path to my destruction,” he actively assented to everything that happened to him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Moderna resisted, but agreed to provide test subjects with enhanced disclosures on its informed consent form, to which the FDA assented.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

Rubio swiftly assented to calls from European leaders to meet in Geneva to review the Witkoff-Kushner-Dmitriev plan.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

A gazette from the Senate Secretariat stated that they were "deemed to have been assented to by the president".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023

Still, I querulously assented, and, upon his order, went to seek a knife.

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

Isaac Mwaura, spokesperson for the current Kenyan government, told the BBC that the authorities were "very co-operative with the protesters and acceded to the demands, including the president not assenting to the finance bill".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024

All of the queen’s, and now the king’s, functions are performed by a governor general acting as their direct representative — assenting to all legislation and determining who becomes Prime Minister.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2023

I could not reconcile this—the notion of assenting to a false inferiority seemed slightly dishonest to me—but it was clear to me that they could and I respected that.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2020

That’s because assenting to a religion is not like choosing to be a Republican or a Democrat.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2020

Nobody assenting to this proposition, Mr. Davis turned and held up a finger.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie