assent
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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
When his SolarCity solar energy company ran into financial trouble in 2016, he merged it into Tesla with the assent of a compliant Tesla board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Once Jacqueline Kennedy nodded her assent, Walton eyed the ground and indicated the place to be staked.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
Even as oil prices’ assent tapered off Monday afternoon, gasoline prices at the retail pump remain elevated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
To this speech Bingley made no answer; but his sisters gave it their hearty assent, and indulged their mirth for some time at the expense of their dear friend’s vulgar relations.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
“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
When a PhD candidate named Charles Walker pleads for late admission to his graduate seminar, Stoner assents with reluctance.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2015
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
He met the reverend on equal terms, disagreeing with him where others simply assented.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
That’s certainly how the characters feel in the early episodes, quietly assenting to the fate suggested in their bad marriages, puzzling children and unfulfilling jobs.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 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
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