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Shaw has acquiesced to making profitability metrics a more explicit part of executives’ compensation math and brought in a Harrison apprentice of his own, John Orr, as chief operating officer.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

Whitson allows that bin Salman has acquiesced to enormous international pressure and granted women some basic human rights.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022

Even Smith, who for years logged non-franchise hits, has acquiesced to this reality.

From The Verge • Oct. 16, 2019

But questions about why the Navy has acquiesced to it are likely to dog Mr. Shanahan when he goes before the Senate for his confirmation hearing in the coming weeks.

From New York Times • May 30, 2019

The Porte has acquiesced in the arrangements of the protocol, so Leopold is Prince Sovereign of Greece.

From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of