How to Use accede in a Sentence

accede

verb

• His son acceded upon the king's death.
• In the end, Qatar did not have to accede to any of the demands.
  — Eric Shawn, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2021
• Some still hope that MBS will not accede to the throne.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
• At 73, on the death of his mother, Charles became the oldest person to accede to the British throne.
  — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• But the 49ers don’t have to accede to his wishes, and the Bears haven’t shown public interest.
  — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019
• More title changes are on the way with Frederik acceding the throne.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• Democrats did accede to one significant change to the 2017 tax law.
  — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 10 July 2018
• So this is going to take a while if the committee accedes to this new demand.
  — Fox News, 21 Sep. 2018
• The authority also cut funding to Gaza in a bid to force Hamas, which seized the strip in a bloody 2007 conflict, to accede to the move.
  — Rory Jones, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2017
• At a summit this month, EU leaders discussed freezing the aid Turkey gets as part of its bid to accede to the bloc.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
• For now, most market observers are betting the Fed will accede to Wall Street's calls for lower rates.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 9 July 2019
• The players want a say, and Goodell seems intent on acceding to their wishes.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• In exchange for protection, the then-ruler of the province acceded to India.
  — Swati Gupta, CNN, 8 Aug. 2019
• Second of all, kudos to the institution brave enough to accede to that artist's wishes.
  — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• But if the House proves unable to reach a majority, the vice president-elect would accede.
  — John Yoo, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• The city refused to immediately accede to all of the Praters’ demands.
  — NBC News, 14 June 2020
• Hayes, in the second year of his presidency, acceded to their demands, and the White House has hosted an egg-rolling event most years since.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 14 Apr. 2017
• Hayes, in the second year of his presidency, acceded to their demands, and the White House has hosted an egg-rolling event most years since.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 14 Apr. 2017
• The leaders were unhappy with the suspension, the Iraqi official said, but acceded to the request of the country that has trained and armed their forces.
  — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
• Unlike his mother, who acceded the throne at age 25 when her father died, Charles — at age 74 — had plenty of time to prepare for his role.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
• Will robots fashioned to look like us, and programmed to accede to our wishes, spur people to think of them as friends and co-workers—or to treat them like chattel?
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 26 July 2023
• Late Saturday, Netanyahu acceded to their demands and met a group of the families for two hours.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• Liberals have got to stop acceding to the toxic premise that government is bad.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 22 June 2018
• The good news is that not even the gloomiest pessimists expect the AfD to accede to power after the federal elections scheduled for autumn 2025.
  — Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
• The Hall of Fame did not accede to Marvin Miller’s request to be removed from consideration.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2021
• There is often overwhelming pressure for employees to accede to the views preached in such sessions.
  — Eugene Kontorovich, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
• His elder son, Naruhito, acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1.
  — Fox News, 11 June 2019
• In keeping with Melling's desire not to accede to the usual beachy tropes of fishing nets and buoys, there are only a couple of nods to Vineyard culture—and even those are witty and sly.
  — Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 20 Sep. 2016
• His mom and siblings acceded to his plan, but despite multiple appeals, his father Jess Chairez refused to go along with it.
  — Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 30 June 2024
• Even before Hungary acceded to the position, some members sought to ring the alarm about placing Orban in the European spotlight.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 16 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024