assent
Example Sentences
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Even as oil prices’ assent tapered off Monday afternoon, gasoline prices at the retail pump remain elevated.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Disarmament there has frequently been conducted with Hezbollah’s assent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
“We had different views of how government should work,” Englander said as Fox nodded his assent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025
Courts have long held that public school students are not entitled to immunity from ideas they find objectionable, particularly when those ideas are part of a curriculum designed to foster awareness, not assent.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2025
“I suppose...yes…” said Slughorn in a rather agitated voice, while Hagrid let out a strangled sob of assent.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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