consensual
Example Sentences
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Van Houten said his office did not bring charges at the time because he had only seen a statement from Doe implying the incident was consensual and that she had not been drugged.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Manson said the claims were "horrible distortions of reality" and his "intimate relationships had always been entirely consensual".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In 2018, Krzanich resigned from Intel after the chip maker said an internal investigation found he had had “a past consensual relationship.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The video also surfaced on other platforms, including Meta-owned Facebook, where some posts used it to baselessly claim that the lawsuit was "fake" and the two had been involved in a "consensual relationship."
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Given the blanket nature of the ruling, courts have found police encounters to be consensual in truly preposterous situations.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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