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consensual

[kuhn-sen-shoo-uhl] / kənˈsɛn ʃu əl /


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“I’m trying to find some consensual way into it, but I eventually just need to perform the romantic gesture of doing what feels right and what comes naturally to me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Bafta winner Ward, who is best known for the film Blue Story and Netflix series Top Boy, said: "Everything we did was wholly consensual."

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

"Everything we did was wholly consensual and we were having a great time," he said, when asked what he thought about the situation by his lawyer Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

“The relationship between Walker and Gates was consensual and ended amicably,” the spokesperson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Given the blanket nature of the ruling, courts have found police encounters to be consensual in truly preposterous situations.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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