acquiesced

verb

past tense of acquiesce
as in agreed
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) apparently the contractor expected me to acquiesce to my own fleecing

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Recent Examples of acquiesced The Jackets obviously acquiesced in a preseason blockbuster deal that sent Matthew Knies the other way, and on Tuesday night, Marchenko got a housewarming gift from his former teammate Adam Fantilli in the form of a bone-crushing hit. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 The United Kingdom acquiesced when the United States overtook it. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026 So the showrunner of TV’s number one comedy acquiesced and, in 1995, bought a green Porsche 911 coupe. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026 As the Tingleys alternately acquiesced to and resisted Vista Grande's insistence on medication, administrators started calling 911 after altercations, according to ambulance and police dispatch records. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 For the past five years, Ella had only acquiesced to seeing them on Easter and Christmas Eve, which for an Italian-American family was equivalent to a declaration of war. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 The transfer from 2012 came a few days before Israel announced the end of a military operation in Gaza; not long after, Netanyahu effectively acquiesced to Sheikh Hamad’s visit. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Charles ultimately acquiesced rather than face a possible order he be presented by force. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026 Nearly forgotten is how 13 months later a hesitant Kennedy emerged, one who ignored his own instincts and reluctantly acquiesced to a coup in South Vietnam cooked up by middle-ranking aides to stabilize a chaotic country coming apart at the seams. — Clifford Krauss, Air Mail, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiesced
  1. agreed
  2. assented
  3. consented
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  • For decades, Democrats and Republicans alike have agreed that the terrorists in Tehran, who have been killing Americans for 47 years, cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Moscow and Beijing last week have agreed to expand freight traffic along Arctic shipping corridors, increase services between their ports and deepen cooperation on building polar vessels.
    — Lee Ying Shan,Matthew Tan, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of agreed
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  • Their mothers assented because anything the cousins did together could be considered family time.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
  • Her mother reluctantly assented, so long as Carol went with her.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of assented
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  • Eli Phillip Rodriguez, 38 Frisco Police Department Rodriguez denied having child pornography on his phone and consented to a search, providing the officer with his passcode.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In an exchange captured by the officer’s body camera footage, one school administrator said that the girl’s mother had consented to the use of handcuffs on her daughter.
    — Rosie Cima, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of consented

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“Acquiesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiesced. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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