acquiesce

I’d rather be called a prude than acquiesce to society’s slow drift into vice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

You are correct: You will get pulled under financially, spiritually and emotionally if you continue to acquiesce to his demands or play host to his decades-long pity parties.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026

Amodei said on Thursday he would rather stop working with the Pentagon than acquiesce to such threats.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

While Disney is said to have been adamant that he didn’t want his park to be a coaster haven, he could acquiesce for the right, story-driven project, as evidenced by the 1950s creation the Matterhorn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025

To Ismene, shocking as it was, overwhelming her with anguish for the pitiful dead body and the lonely, homeless soul, it seemed, nevertheless, that nothing could be done except to acquiesce.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

So the girl acquiesces and, in the next episode, we watch the dentist go to work on Evans’ mouth.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

Then he acquiesces: "The main aim is to try to make a superhero film in Hollywood."

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2023

My son acquiesces to her to avoid arguments.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022

There’s plenty of evidence that not everyone acquiesces to its numbness, from the intentional agitation of the band 100 gecs to the incisive investigations of the sensual by novelists like Garth Greenwell and Bryan Washington.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021

All this makes her the more reluctant to part with him; but, as it is for a throne, she acquiesces.

From Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century by William Ware

He made a case to your grandmother to reduce your inheritance to 10% from one-third and she acquiesced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Motion Picture Association and the U.S. ambassador to Canada had pressed the country to change the policy, and the government acquiesced late Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

It felt like he had that level of power, and everyone essentially acquiesced and you had this sort of anticipatory obedience.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

That means U.S. air operations could expand Japan’s involvement, if Tokyo acquiesced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

“That I’m not!” acquiesced Laurie, with an expression of humility quite new to him, as he dropped his eyes and absently wound Jo’s apron tassel round his finger.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

You could forgive sellers who end up acquiescing and agreeing to the “old” rates, in the hope that they ultimately get a higher price for their home.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

Big banks have already been acquiescing to Musk’s unusual demands, including paying up front for Grok subscriptions, thus juicing SpaceX’s flagging A.I. revenue.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

And pushed back again when the team insisted and said where to do it, saying: "I'll tell you when we're going to swap" before eventually acquiescing.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

Next, is kowtowing, accommodating and acquiescing to the whims and ego of that aging superstar or find yourself gone before your tenure is up.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2024

By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson