acquiesced
Example Sentences
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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 felt like he had that level of power, and everyone essentially acquiesced and you had this sort of anticipatory obedience.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
That means U.S. air operations could expand Japan’s involvement, if Tokyo acquiesced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
“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
