It doesn’t help that, despite decades of effort, America’s federal government has not acquiesced to requests to recognize the existence of the modern Acjachemen, Mutsun Ohlone, Tongva and numerous other tribes in the area.
Reviving an Indigenous Tradition: Face Tattoos|Daniel Malloy|October 14, 2020|Ozy
“She was put in a terrible position,” Fletcher said of Wooten’s decision to acquiesce to Newsom’s determination.
Politics Report: Bry vs. Transit|Andrew Keatts and Scott Lewis|August 29, 2020|Voice of San Diego
He was force of nature and a force for good that eventually, they had to acquiesce.
We Need MLK’s Revolutionary Spirit|Roland S. Martin|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why should we acquiesce in the preparation of our spirits for the worst kind of servility—slavery to fate?
Dear Frank Luntz: Here’s How to Be Happy Again|James Poulos|January 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Are five crotchety conservative men likely to decide to acquiesce to this change, or fight it?
The Supreme Court’s Anti-Rainbow Warriors|Michael Tomasky|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If you let by without dispute a failure of language you acquiesce in an affront against literary integrity.
Letter to a Young Critic: William Giraldi Defends True Criticism|William Giraldi|September 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
So many wish to suppress this history, and it's good to see Coulter refusing to acquiesce.
Three Cheers for Ann Coulter|David Frum|February 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I could not but acquiesce, for I was “dog-tired,” and could not have sat up had I tried.
Dracula|Bram Stoker
Whether the King has any resource left, or whether he will (as I rather think) acquiesce, God knows.
Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third|The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
The poor scholar and the burgher of Berne appeared to acquiesce in this opinion, and no more said in the matter.
The Headsman|James Fenimore Cooper
If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority44 must, or the Government must cease.
Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln
It is, one might say with some truth, a mark of spiritual breeding to know how to acquiesce.
The Secrets of a Kuttite|Edward O. Mousley
British Dictionary definitions for acquiesce
acquiesce
/ (ˌækwɪˈɛs) /
verb
(intr; often foll by in or to)to comply (with); assent (to) without protest