reassume

verb

Definition of reassumenext
as in to acquiesce

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Recent Examples of reassume Afterward, the Assad regime reassumed control of most of the rest of Syria. — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 The founder of Geppi Family Enterprises, the parent of Diamond, had reassumed the role of president in 2020. — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025 The streaming service announced the film just weeks before Melania reassumes the role of First Lady for the second Trump administration. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025 After a year, she too was gone and Plank reassumed the CEO role. — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for reassume
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassume
  1. acquiesce
  2. accede
  3. assent
  4. consent
  5. agree
  6. uphold
  7. adopt
  8. advocate
Verb
  • Everyone involved acquiesced to Moses and Morrison’s increasingly expensive demands.
    — Elon Green, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025
  • In reality, few of the rebellious nomadic pastoralists native to the territory ever acquiesced to Moroccan imperial rule.
    — Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of acquiesce
Verb
  • Lucas and others also claimed in court pleadings that Zervos refused to accede to a background check.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Then again, sometimes the latter are the most willing to accede to the association’s wishes.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of accede
Verb
  • Jordan’s king cannot assent to Mr. Trump’s plan without risking the ire of different important elements of his country’s population.
    — Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Ramaphosa assented to the law on Jan. 23 after five years of public consultation and parliamentary debate.
    — Chad de Guzman, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of assent
Verb
  • The three-year pact also offers a three percent 401(k) match and terms on artificial intelligence, requiring the company to consent to use a union member’s voice or likeness and allowing workers to decline a byline on work generated or edited by AI.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Under current law, Swiss financial institutions disclose account details directly to U.S. tax authorities with the consent of the U.S. clients (when U.S. clients do not consent, the U.S. requests the information through administrative channels).
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of consent
Verb
  • Green Bay agreed to a one-year deal with Hardman, who spent the majority of his first six NFL seasons with Kansas City.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • However, her comments section is now brimming with users agreeing, disagreeing and even naming their own least favorite N.Y.C. influencers.
    — Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of agree
Verb
  • To uphold the best of this European tradition now will require more from liberals than just a defense of the old continent against the new.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Ensuring accountability Beyond mere storage, the National Archives plays a vital role in upholding democracy.
    — Elizabeth Call, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of uphold
Verb
  • Strickler explained that these panels are conservative about adopting change, but that the whole country is now moving in the direction of universal DPYD testing.
    — Ellen Matloff, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • To have a trans man in this role is both a meaningful reflection on what elements (and struggles) of manhood are learned and adopted, as well as a downright gut-busting parody of the type of bro-y teenager that usually appears in Hollywood’s teenage comedies.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of adopt
Verb
  • Supporters commended the 46-year-old for his approach to child-raising and advocated for more fathers to follow suit while also agreeing with the actor that there was a war against masculinity.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Chicanos in East LA launched a movement, advocating for better education in the Eastside’s public schools and against the war in Vietnam, where a disproportionate number of Chicanos were dying.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of advocate

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