as in obedience
a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others
good manners demanded our cheerful acquiescence to our host's plans for dinner
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Recent Examples of acquiescence
Maintaining dialogue without setting conditions or applying leverage can easily slip into acquiescence.
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Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
All the coordination in the world couldn't have forced Biden to withdraw without his acquiescence.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2024
In short order, though, she was tasked with adjudicating the initial collection of evidence from Mar-a-Lago, earning a rebuke from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for her acquiescence to arguments made by Trump’s legal team.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Charting a middle path between aggression and acquiescence holds the best hope of limiting the risk of a conflict in the South China Sea.
—Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
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Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
All the coordination in the world couldn't have forced Biden to withdraw without his acquiescence.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2024
In short order, though, she was tasked with adjudicating the initial collection of evidence from Mar-a-Lago, earning a rebuke from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for her acquiescence to arguments made by Trump’s legal team.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Charting a middle path between aggression and acquiescence holds the best hope of limiting the risk of a conflict in the South China Sea.
—Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for acquiescence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescence
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In March 1856, Little Thunder was forced to shake hands with Harney, who had summoned leaders of the seven Lakota bands to Fort Pierre, in South Dakota, to dictate his terms for peace—essentially, obedience and docility.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Their doodle graduated first in its class from obedience school; next stop, Westminster.Angela Haupt, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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As with teams in U.S. leagues, clubs in the Premier League contractually assent to follow procedures and policies that restrain how each club can compete.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2024
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And Israel, since its declaration of statehood without assent from the majority population, has promised a constitution — never fulfilled — but has operated on the Torah-as-constitution.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
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In an interview on CNN, Baron also questioned the idea that the decision was in deference to readers making up their own minds, noting that the Post has continued to endorse in state and local races.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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At first, fries were not going to be on the menu, in deference to Al Cassell’s no-fries policy.Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Acquiescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiescence. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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