assent

Example Sentences

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Proxy military groups stayed out of the June 2025 war, apparently with Tehran’s assent.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Disarmament there has frequently been conducted with Hezbollah’s assent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The law is in limbo, as Ramaphosa – about four months after giving his assent to it – has still not set a date for its implementation.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

Whether a child’s exposure to difference, without endorsement or assent, can be treated as a constitutional injury.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2025

For the Arguments to induce belief, though of sufficient certainty, yet do not so constrain the mind to give its assent, but there is prudence and choice in it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton