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
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
The minister said a "progress report" must be made three months after the legislation receives royal assent, adding this reflects "our intention to quickly produce a response following the consultation".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
All around me, the Dauntless shout their assent.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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
Despite the protests of Stoker’s clever young wife, Florence, against leaving Dublin, where “everything is laid out before you like a suit on a bed,” Stoker promptly assents.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2020
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
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
The new law may still face amendments and must be assented to by the president to become law.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2023
He was anxious to see if the wheel worked, but at the same time “would gladly have assented to postpone the trial.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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
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
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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