as in to agree
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)
are we to conclude from your silence that you assent?
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as in acquiescence
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Recent Examples of assent
Kelsey Piper, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
My dilemma relates not to the legal issue of consent but to whether a 13-year-old has an ethical right to assent to care.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
With Lamont’s assent, the law Ritter crafted in cooperation with the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus commits the state to $875 million in borrowing over an initial five-year period, assuming about $175 million in grants in each of those five years.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
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Verb
By the time the country reluctantly assented to some foreign assistance, the disaster had started to slip from the news.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
My dilemma relates not to the legal issue of consent but to whether a 13-year-old has an ethical right to assent to care.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
Without assent from a majority of lawmakers, the report is expected to stay under wraps.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
With Lamont’s assent, the law Ritter crafted in cooperation with the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus commits the state to $875 million in borrowing over an initial five-year period, assuming about $175 million in grants in each of those five years.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assent
Verb
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Unique then agrees, only if Early does some reconnaissance for him.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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By entering the Sweepstakes through use of a mobile phone or text message, entrants acknowledge and agree that notification of winning may result in charges pursuant to the terms of entrants’ carrier’s rate plan.—
Emily Cegielski,
Flow Space,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Whether the current American president has become a king, particularly after the sweeping grant of immunity in 2024 by the Supreme Court and the seeming acquiescence by Congress to Trump’s latest directives, remains up for debate.—
Claire B. Wofford,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Empowered by this legislative acquiescence, Trump has now decided to put a freeze on all federal aid that does not fit with his agenda.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Ong, 79, also consented to have a second charge taken into consideration for the purposes of sentencing at a court hearing scheduled on April 2, according to a statement from Hotel Properties, in which the tycoon serves as managing director.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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But the requirements presented a problem for those suffering from an incurable and serious disease like Alzheimer’s, who were likely to lose their capacity to consent.—
Renaud Philippe,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The bill would also need approval in the Senate before coming across President Donald Trump's desk for final passage.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Starship launch plans comes after Musk targets FAA SpaceX still requires approval from the FAA before the Starship can get off the ground again.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The new agreement is effective immediately and extends to February 11, 2029.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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Nearly 150 have been released in cease-fire agreements or other deals, while dozens of bodies have been recovered by Israeli forces and eight captives have been rescued alive.—
Mohammad Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The first claim is that the closing agreement, especially its prospective penalty protection provision, and the IRS’s subsequent acceptance of the 10-50-50 apportionment formula for over a decade, bar the agency from applying the CPM for 2007 through 2009.—
Ryan Finley,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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President Trump signs executive order to establish government bitcoin reserve President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday establishing a government reserve of bitcoin, a key marker in the cryptocurrency’s journey towards possible mainstream acceptance.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Last week, Kennedy vowed to investigate the childhood vaccine schedule that prevents measles, polio and other dangerous diseases, despite promises not to change it during his confirmation hearings.—
Amanda Seitz,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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In his confirmation hearings, Bongino's boss Patel promised his GOP hostages that the deputy director would be a career FBI officer, not a podcaster who hasn't worked in law enforcement of any kind in 13 years.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That’s a sign that words of affirmation may matter more to them.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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For everyone who saw them as the ultimate affirmation of life itself, someone else saw our treatment of them as reason to despair.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Assent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assent. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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