assent

When in 2023 the chance comes to race solo around the world—a journey of some 27,000 miles—Ms. Brauer, 29, gets the cheerful assent of her sponsors, and the planning begins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

But the bills never received presidential assent and did not become law.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

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

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

The elder man grunted an assent and passed out.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

“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

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

From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

Now, it’s true that not everyone on the subreddit assents to its spiteful premise: One exhausted nurse wrote a long post about how much one of her anti-vax patients suffered, as an attempt at counterbalance.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2021

“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

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 prosecutors said they played “no role in ICE’s decisions, which defendant assented to, or even knew about those decisions beforehand.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

The new law may still face amendments and must be assented to by the president to become law.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2023

Matt assented to the trip readily, and Jethro, with the letter in his pocket, drove off down the road, his heart pounding with excitement.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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

“So!” said she, assenting with her head, but not looking at me.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens