consensual
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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
But the nature of this agreement, and the consequences of actions stemming from it, all depends on whether this agreement is mutually consensual and clear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Accordingly, Bostick was not really “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and the subsequent search was purely consensual.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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