as in obedience
a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others
good manners demanded our cheerful acquiescence to our host's plans for dinner
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In short order, though, she was tasked with adjudicating the initial collection of evidence from Mar-a-Lago, earning a rebuke from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for her acquiescence to arguments made by Trump’s legal team.
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Philip Bump, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Charting a middle path between aggression and acquiescence holds the best hope of limiting the risk of a conflict in the South China Sea.
—Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
This is distinct from power, Caesar, the external authority that also constrains our ability to act, but does so forcefully and does not require acquiescence, but simply constrains us by using law or power or prison.
—Robert Sirico, National Review, 24 June 2024
For Yerevan, Azerbaijan’s seizure of the territory last fall, with Russian acquiescence, became the last straw.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
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Philip Bump, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Charting a middle path between aggression and acquiescence holds the best hope of limiting the risk of a conflict in the South China Sea.
—Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
This is distinct from power, Caesar, the external authority that also constrains our ability to act, but does so forcefully and does not require acquiescence, but simply constrains us by using law or power or prison.
—Robert Sirico, National Review, 24 June 2024
For Yerevan, Azerbaijan’s seizure of the territory last fall, with Russian acquiescence, became the last straw.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
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Noun
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Their doodle graduated first in its class from obedience school; next stop, Westminster.Angela Haupt, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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This mission feels like the ultimate test of obedience for Sinan, especially since the disgraceful discharge and tragic end of their father still cast a shadow over his otherwise spotless career prospects.Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
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As with teams in U.S. leagues, clubs in the Premier League contractually assent to follow procedures and policies that restrain how each club can compete.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2024
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And Israel, since its declaration of statehood without assent from the majority population, has promised a constitution — never fulfilled — but has operated on the Torah-as-constitution.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
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For McNulty, the disclosure brought relief and — once again — a sense of deference to his dad.Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2024
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Jennings, who describes feeling a sense of deference to his blindingly charismatic counterpart, was forced to navigate that success alone after a disastrous accident cost Harris his life in late 1995.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
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