as in agreed
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)
apparently the contractor expected me to acquiesce to my own fleecing
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Recent Examples of acquiesced
That suggests Turkey may have acquiesced to the expansion of HTS territory, Charles Lister, director of the Syria program at the Middle East Institute, wrote at the time.
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Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Sitting Bull acquiesced, dressing and coming quietly out of his cabin.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
After a few minutes, Ahmed acquiesced and sold a few toy birds.
—Sonya Rehman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The coalition government acquiesced to this demand, and a public inquiry was set up later in 2022.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The Netherlands eventually acquiesced, but Austria held out, provoking tensions with Romania’s government.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
The banks acquiesced; instead of four billion dollars, California got twenty billion.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Sitting Bull acquiesced, dressing and coming quietly out of his cabin.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
After a few minutes, Ahmed acquiesced and sold a few toy birds.
—Sonya Rehman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The coalition government acquiesced to this demand, and a public inquiry was set up later in 2022.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The Netherlands eventually acquiesced, but Austria held out, provoking tensions with Romania’s government.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
The banks acquiesced; instead of four billion dollars, California got twenty billion.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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