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- verb Present participle of
acquiesce .
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Examples
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But several instances have come to my knowledge, in which Union men of a sterner cast than those described as acquiescing compromisers were defeated in the election, and, aside from
Report on the Condition of the South Carl Schurz 1867
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And yet the idea of acquiescing in his friend's sudden departure was very painful to him.
Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 1848
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Even more egregiously misleading is the claim that the President abused his power by "acquiescing" in the efforts of the Secret Service to assert a protective function privilege.
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Even more egregiously misleading is the claim that the President abused his power by "acquiescing" in the efforts of the Secret Service to assert a protective function privilege.
Initial Response To Referral Of Office Of Independent Counsel ITY National Archives 1998
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"Well!" said Ellen, with a kind of acquiescing sigh – "at any rate now we must wait until next Christmas."
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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"Well!" said Ellen, with a kind of acquiescing sigh, "at any rate now we must wait until next Christmas."
The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852
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"Well!" said Ellen, with a kind of acquiescing sigh, "at any rate now we must wait until next Christmas."
The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852
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Paul Hogan of "acquiescing" in the establishment and operation of structures designed to avoid tax, in partly censored documents released to the Federal Court late yesterday.
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Gould said Burns has abandoned his conservative principles in favor of "acquiescing" to Gov.
azcentral.com | news 2009
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We might feel that this is a weak option because we are somehow 'acquiescing' to their bad behaviour.
British Blogs 2008
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