acquiesce
Frequently Asked Questions
- They are threatening to terminate the contract if we don’t acquiesce to the new terms.
- If you were to ask politely, I would be inclined to acquiesce.
- I’m afraid they will never acquiesce, regardless of what offer we make.
Example Sentences
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Though he’s been asked to try to neutralize his accent in English, he’s not eager to acquiesce.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
You are correct: You will get pulled under financially, spiritually and emotionally if you continue to acquiesce to his demands or play host to his decades-long pity parties.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
The social compact that endured since that trauma was that Iranians would acquiesce to hardship and restrictions in return for a strong state that protects them from foreign attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
"You will be the same person that will castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
They are deceiv’d that acquiesce to things which they have heard, and believe not what they have seen.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
So the girl acquiesces and, in the next episode, we watch the dentist go to work on Evans’ mouth.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Glenn acquiesces — a real adult supports someone in need, after all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 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
But, grant a second life, he heartily acquiesces; he sees triumph in misfortune’s worst assaults, and gain in all the loss.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
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
The red-faced judge hastily acquiesced in this extraordinary order and promptly left town.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
You did not fall in line, and your brother was rewarded for acquiescing, even if he did have his own agenda.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
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
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
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