Example Sentences

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No administration would have dared, and no department official would have acquiesced.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

Some Big Tech companies have acquiesced to governmental demands restricting apps.

From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2023

For the most part, they have acquiesced to the demand over the past 10 years, with new albums, TV appearances, tell-all memoirs and podcasts, but especially reunion tours.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

Some partners have acquiesced at times to China’s various demands.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

I was much mistaken if he would so tamely have acquiesced in the decision.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne