as in to agree
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)
finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project
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Recent Examples of accede
The firms that didn’t accede to the president’s demands had their security clearances removed, access to federal buildings restricted, and were banned from working for federal agencies.
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Daniel Hall, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump knows exactly who to blame for the tanking economy: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who has not acceded to Trump’s whims to lower interest rates to goose the economy.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
If the Supreme Court accedes, that could raise the administration’s hopes that firing a Fed chair might be within bounds, even though the chair and governors of the Fed have more legal protections than those in other independent agencies.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
The university’s decision to accede to nearly all of the Trump administration’s demands outraged some faculty members, who say Columbia has sacrificed academic freedom.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Russia and Ukraine agreed to a prisoner swap May 16 in Istanbul during their first in person talks in 3 years.—
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This told us whether the pan could handle what our editors agreed was a typical amount of meat for a casual weeknight dinner.—
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The lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, Seth P. Waxman, a solicitor general for the Clinton administration, initially refused, but eventually assented after further criticism from Judge Reyes.—
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China has built Russia’s defense industrial base, helped Iran provide Russia with one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles, and assented as North Korea has sent troops to fight in Europe.—
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The rapper then says that Dixon began to spread malicious rumors regarding his personal life online and elsewhere after Joe refused to acquiesce to his demands.—
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That such tactics have proven successful in forcing major law firms to acquiesce to the president is as damning as the extortion itself.—
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According to the agent, Jaime-Flores consented to a search of her mobile phone.—
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Even if the author’s family consented, Christie has not, and cannot, agree to the course.—
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“Accede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accede. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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