acquiesce

I’d rather be called a prude than acquiesce to society’s slow drift into vice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Sometimes, it’s easier to say “no” to a request than to resist someone pulling at your heartstrings to acquiesce to their wishes.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026

There are no doubt plenty who will acquiesce to their demands.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

While Disney is said to have been adamant that he didn’t want his park to be a coaster haven, he could acquiesce for the right, story-driven project, as evidenced by the 1950s creation the Matterhorn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025

To Ismene, shocking as it was, overwhelming her with anguish for the pitiful dead body and the lonely, homeless soul, it seemed, nevertheless, that nothing could be done except to acquiesce.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The officer quickly acquiesces and tells the staffer to “close the door.”

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026

Initially, Ingrid resists, fearful that she lacks the emotional fortitude to be there for Martha, but once she acquiesces, they grow closer during their bittersweet getaway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025

Then he acquiesces: "The main aim is to try to make a superhero film in Hollywood."

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2023

My son acquiesces to her to avoid arguments.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022

And it is notable that Browning, though he acquiesces in the fictive date, yet conveys to us, so definitely that it must be with intention, the effect of summer weather.

From Browning's Heroines by Maxwell Armfield

Moscow acquiesced to the Chinese yuan to be the primary currency for a planned regional-development bank covering Central Asia, known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Development Bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He made a case to your grandmother to reduce your inheritance to 10% from one-third and she acquiesced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Motion Picture Association and the U.S. ambassador to Canada had pressed the country to change the policy, and the government acquiesced late Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

It has just acquiesced to the status quo until it can decide.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

“It was unjust, he had by then decided, “and was acquiesced in merely from a fear of disunion, while our government was still in its infant state.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Big banks have already been acquiescing to Musk’s unusual demands, including paying up front for Grok subscriptions, thus juicing SpaceX’s flagging A.I. revenue.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

But I don’t think you would not feel right about acquiescing to her wishes.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

And pushed back again when the team insisted and said where to do it, saying: "I'll tell you when we're going to swap" before eventually acquiescing.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

Sewell said he felt Andrew’s self-image was “dependent on the other party acquiescing to the idea that he is the prince.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson