consent
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The conditions cannot be imposed without a state’s knowing and voluntary consent.
From Slate โ Sep. 8, 2026
In four major speeches Douglass extolled the Mayflower, joining antislavery figures who looked back to the Plymouth settlers—who established government by consent and initially did not legalize slavery—as an ur-source of abolitionism.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 4, 2026
The Times' lawsuit partly hinges on the limited "fair use" exception, which permits copyrighted work to be used without the rights holders' consent.
From Barron's โ Sep. 3, 2026
The Marriage Act - passed in 1754 in England - outlawed marriages without parental consent if either party was under 21.
From BBC โ Sep. 2, 2026
“But can you think that Lydia is so lost to everything but love of him as to consent to live with him on any terms other than marriage?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
These consents, after all, are legal agreements that terminate a biological parent’s legal claim to a child and vest those rights in non-biological parents.
From Slate โ May 13, 2026
In a recent update, the company has secured five transmission planning decisions since November, and will continue to focus on securing remaining consents for its projects.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Feb. 4, 2026
And he can remain on our soil only when the sovereign — in the U.S., that’s “We the People” — consents to it.
From Los Angeles Times โ Mar. 13, 2025
"Shell, Equinor and Ithaca," wrote Lord Ericht, "knew or ought to have known at the time that the consents were granted that the law was uncertain."
From BBC โ Jan. 30, 2025
He fumbles with the lighter before it consents to spark.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
He said this direction was with the consent of the government, which also now consented to giving her the documents back.
From BBC โ Feb. 6, 2026
There’s a lot of work in the ambient space, where A.I. can listen after patients have consented and help generate notes.
From Slate โ Jan. 21, 2026
Gaytan claimed he took no part in the robbery, but after he consented to a search of his phone, Simonyan said she found text messages sent to one of the alleged gunmen, Eduardo “Active” Lopez.
From Los Angeles Times โ Dec. 13, 2025
The child’s hospital had begun using AI to record visits—and her husband had unknowingly consented.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Dec. 5, 2025
They would never leave, they declared, until Penelope consented to marry one of them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
“Two adults consenting, which is our position, is not against the law,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times โ Aug. 20, 2026
If a journalist wants an on-the-record interview with someone in Objection’s orbit, they are asked to sign an agreement consenting in advance to the tribunal’s jurisdiction.
From Salon โ Apr. 23, 2026
“If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here,” the U.S. senator said during a congressional hearing.
From Slate โ Mar. 5, 2026
But there are things you need to consider before consenting.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Dec. 6, 2025
No coward’s eye should light by my consenting!
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Vocabulary lists containing consent
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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The Bill of Rights
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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