be resigned to
idiom
: to accept a bad situation that cannot be changed
I'm resigned to having to work this weekend.
He was resigned to the fact that an expensive vacation would have to wait.
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Thibodeau shot down the notion Anunoby will be resigned to spacing the floor in the corners once Brunson returns to the lineup.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
So the public shouldn’t be resigned to the idea that ethics rules are somehow moot under Trump.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
Some teams might look at a return to the playoffs as good enough for now or be resigned to planning only for a Super Bowl victory in the future.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Beijing need not be resigned to a temporary halt to its international economic strategy.
—Rebecca Liao, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2016
Kyiv may be resigned to losing cities such as Pokrovsk, assuming the consequences will not prove dramatic.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2024
The governor in a statement issued Wednesday said she would not be resigned to the status quo.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2023
But we shouldn’t be resigned to hopelessness or shocked into complacency, according to our experts.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
But we shouldn’t be resigned to hopelessness or shocked into complacency, according to our experts.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
So the public shouldn’t be resigned to the idea that ethics rules are somehow moot under Trump.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
Some teams might look at a return to the playoffs as good enough for now or be resigned to planning only for a Super Bowl victory in the future.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Beijing need not be resigned to a temporary halt to its international economic strategy.
—Rebecca Liao, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2016
Kyiv may be resigned to losing cities such as Pokrovsk, assuming the consequences will not prove dramatic.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2024
The governor in a statement issued Wednesday said she would not be resigned to the status quo.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2023
But we shouldn’t be resigned to hopelessness or shocked into complacency, according to our experts.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
But we shouldn’t be resigned to hopelessness or shocked into complacency, according to our experts.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
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“Be resigned to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20resigned%20to. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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