assent
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Once Jacqueline Kennedy nodded her assent, Walton eyed the ground and indicated the place to be staked.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
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
The bill has yet to get royal assent but that is expected before the start of the 2026/27 school year.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
He doubted that there is any principle of morality which can command universal assent, and he doubted that any of our sophisticated intellectual systems make sense of how the world is.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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