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
The coalition government acquiesced to this demand, and a public inquiry was set up later in 2022.
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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
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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“Acquiesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiesced. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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