consensual

Example Sentences

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“But no one really looked at consensual relationships.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Later, after a chaotic interlude of rebel rule and an uncertain transition, he was elected head of state as a post-conflict and consensual civil-society figure.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Gaiman, who has consistently insisted that the described encounters were consensual, filed a demand for arbitration in March, stating that another accuser, Caroline Wallner, breached their non-disclosure agreement by sharing her account with the media.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

In 2012, the government's Disregards and Pardons scheme was launched to allow people historically convicted for consensual same-sex activities to have those convictions deleted from official records.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

Given the blanket nature of the ruling, courts have found police encounters to be consensual in truly preposterous situations.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander