as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
was not as acquiescent about sharing her room as her parents seemed to think she should be
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Recent Examples of acquiescent
Critics described the overhaul as a scheme by the Board of Selectmen’s Republican majority to shape a library with more conservative and acquiescent leaders.
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Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024
Trent Lott, the Republican majority leader, summarily fired Dove and substituted a more acquiescent replacement, and the administration’s agenda proceeded on track.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2021
Since assuming office after his third presidential bid, López Obrador has taken a pragmatic, and at times acquiescent, stance with Washington, acknowledging the crucial role of U.S. commerce and investment.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
Israeli and Palestinian observers pointed to the acquiescent role played by the local Israel Defense Forces in essentially turning the other way as the settlers went on the rampage.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
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Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024
Trent Lott, the Republican majority leader, summarily fired Dove and substituted a more acquiescent replacement, and the administration’s agenda proceeded on track.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2021
Since assuming office after his third presidential bid, López Obrador has taken a pragmatic, and at times acquiescent, stance with Washington, acknowledging the crucial role of U.S. commerce and investment.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
Israeli and Palestinian observers pointed to the acquiescent role played by the local Israel Defense Forces in essentially turning the other way as the settlers went on the rampage.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescent
Adjective
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Suddenly, a season of weekly must-win games and hard conversations gave way to a resigned relaxation.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Crowds gathering for the Royal Horticultural Society’s Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival on the sprawling palace grounds reached into backpacks for umbrellas with the resigned look of people attending a supremely English occasion designed to be held in sunshine.—
Sophie Elmhirst,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.—
Bebe Hodges,
USA TODAY,
15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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These deductions flow directly to you as a limited partner (LP), helping to offset passive income and, under certain conditions, even active income.—
Matthew Chancey,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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That might seem a peculiar question, but these Oilers have a reputation for being passive when the opposition gets filthy.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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