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
Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
Administration officials demanded an apology from Zelenskyy and assent for a controversial deal to give the U.S. access to valuable Ukrainian natural resources.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 Mar. 2025
These agreements encourage assenting parties to perform due diligence, helping to identify potential gaps in the data protection chain.
—Chris Novak, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Verb
But these hardly excuse their seeming assent to the destruction of American democracy and our economy.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
Administration officials demanded an apology from Zelenskyy and assent for a controversial deal to give the U.S. access to valuable Ukrainian natural resources.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
Putin did not agree to a full ceasefire, which Trump has proposed and which Ukraine had assented to earlier.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 Mar. 2025
These agreements encourage assenting parties to perform due diligence, helping to identify potential gaps in the data protection chain.
—Chris Novak, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assent
Verb
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But both women agree that the recognition alone won’t sustain a career.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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And many people who study emergency response agree that, to some degree, the agency needs reform.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Too many have chosen the politics of non-engagement, which is at best a hair’s breadth away from acquiescence or complicity.—
Kamila Shamsie
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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This long history of the expansion of executive power, often with the acquiescence of the courts, to violate and restrict civil liberties in the name of national security has ultimately brought us to our current situation.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
Verb
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When Petterson declined to consent, Soriano pulled up a board roster showing when all the trustees began their service.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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His attorneys asserted that although the victim and McLemore were intoxicated at the time of the encounter, the victim was sober enough to consent.—
Zach Powell,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Faster licensing at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation has cut approval times from 33 days to just five, yielding $179 million annually in additional worker earnings.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The city would also have to implement measures to fast-track developments with affordable housing in more affluent, majority-white neighborhoods by easing zoning restrictions and approvals, per the agreement, sources who were privy to the negotiations said.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
Noun
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There are still a number of pending cases in which courts haven’t reached any major rulings yet, such as Trump’s defunding of NPR and the government’s agreement with El Salvador to imprison migrants.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The agreement comes during French President Macron symbolic trip to London in a first state visit for any European leader to the UK since the Brexit.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 July 2025
Noun
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With an acceptance rate of just 0.7% this year, the program is highly competitive and serves as a pipeline for permanent positions.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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Perhaps an Italian launch would have given Pazzi's robots more authenticity and acceptance.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
Noun
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In 2022, the most recent year data is available in the monitoring report, Ohio had both the highest sightings and confirmations of black bears on record.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
8 July 2025
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Two more have been recommended for confirmation but are awaiting that vote, and another nominee was rejected by the Senate earlier this year.—
Stacey Barchenger,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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This only proves that, just like you, your manager needs those words of affirmation to stay motivated.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Aniston has shown herself to be a fan of Curtis’ affirmations and of his work, according to the Daily Mail.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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“Assent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assent. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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