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
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
James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
As Knox talks, a crowd gathers and nods in assent, offering their own stories of decades of trauma and neglect.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Putin did not agree to a full ceasefire, which Trump has proposed and which Ukraine had assented to earlier.
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If the Senate gives its assent the bill will go before Texas Governor Greg Abbott who can sign it into law.
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But even proponents of the efforts to tackle nutrition concerns don't agree on which foods to target.—
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If nothing changes, the Hispanic arts industry in Arkansas could be threatened, both musicians agreed.—
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Passage of this resolution was tantamount to acquiescence by Congress, granting the president the authority to respond militarily by sending thousands of troops to fight in Vietnam.—
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Despite that goal, the Utah Legislature’s Republican supermajority, with Cox’s acquiescence, has taken a hard turn against solar power — which has been coming online faster than any other source in Utah and accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.—
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User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.—
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Bastian had to consent to the conditioning stint.—
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Warner possesses valuable European sports rights that would require government approvals to sell.—
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Several Japanese companies, including Toyota, are investing roughly $7 billion (1 trillion yen) in local battery production, supported by government certifications such as METI approval for domestic manufacturing of solid-state batteries.—
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The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.—
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There’s near-universal agreement from all kinds of housing observers that the affordability crisis is one of (non)-supply and demand.—
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This sense of acceptance is debilitating in its own way.—
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Elevator operators are now a sign of prestige, but in the early days of this technology, their presence was essential to building trust and acceptance to evolve the social norm.—
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Multiple people close to the situation had stated or speculated that an official request had been sent, and the president himself had said that Combs had asked for clemency, but Thursday’s report was the first official confirmation of the letter’s existence.—
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There was no immediate confirmation from Washington.—
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Since opening in 2023, the gallery has experienced an outpouring of support from local art lovers, hundreds of whom pack out the openings and talks, an affirmation of the gallery’s necessary role in highlighting underrepresented artists in the city’s art scene.—
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Murals layered with short affirmations guide employees toward accountability and positivity without interruption.—
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“Assent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assent. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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