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consent

[kuhn-sent] / kənˈsɛnt /




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You might be in a better position if you cross out parts of the hospital’s consent form that require you to promise payment before you sign, and then take a picture of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Bills like the 2025 App Store Accountability Act, introduced to the House last year, would require age verification to download certain “age restricted” apps and parental consent for users under 18.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

In Guernsey law, a person commits a voyeurism offence if they observe another person doing a private act, and that person does not consent.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

After the boy received lifesaving emergency care, the district transferred him to a different school without the mother’s knowledge or consent, the complaint alleges.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Among these was an absolute ban on “flying in airplanes of any description,” except with Groves’s explicit consent.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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