assent

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Proxy military groups stayed out of the June 2025 war, apparently with Tehran’s assent.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

The action would require an act of Parliament, which would have to be approved by MPs and peers and would come into effect when given royal assent by the King.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Disarmament there has frequently been conducted with Hezbollah’s assent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Whether a child’s exposure to difference, without endorsement or assent, can be treated as a constitutional injury.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2025

To this, we could do nothing but render assent.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson