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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Beijing need not be resigned to a temporary halt to its international economic strategy.
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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
There was once an idea that as a woman got older, she should be resigned to the fact that her hairstyle should be short and unfussy.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 12 July 2022
Many people appear to be resigned to being exposed to the virus.
—Joel Achenbach and Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022
Brown may be resigned to his death, but his daughter Liza is determined to clear his name.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
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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
There was once an idea that as a woman got older, she should be resigned to the fact that her hairstyle should be short and unfussy.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 12 July 2022
Many people appear to be resigned to being exposed to the virus.
—Joel Achenbach and Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022
Brown may be resigned to his death, but his daughter Liza is determined to clear his name.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
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