assent
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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
Not many international leaders have commented on Burnham's assent to power.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Or perhaps the money could require states to assent to damage suits against their prison systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Once Jacqueline Kennedy nodded her assent, Walton eyed the ground and indicated the place to be staked.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
Shocked, and maybe a little contrite, Owen mumbles his assent.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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
The first thing Fairchild mentions — and Wheeldon immediately assents — is how the space itself changes the nature of the experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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
Presidents have done so 132 times; each time, Congress has assented or at least not objected in any tangible way.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
The White House named the price — 15% of their revenues from such sales — and the companies assented willingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 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
Miss Nsia was in the number of the washerwomen, and, with confusion of humility, came to my side and inquired whether Private Nothing wished his clothes washed; to which I assented gratefully.
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
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
That’s because assenting to a religion is not like choosing to be a Republican or a Democrat.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2020
Seven months later, he blamed his financial woes on a nationwide “depression,” refused to admit that the Taj was bankrupt, and then signed a four-page document assenting to bankruptcy proceedings.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2020
“So!” said she, assenting with her head, but not looking at me.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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