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consent

[kuhn-sent] / kənˈsɛnt /




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She asks for consent before touching the client and offers a prayer or blessing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The consent decree set forth numerous procedural and operational safeguards to be met before the pipelines could be restarted.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Bills like the 2025 App Store Accountability Act, introduced to the House last year, would require age verification to download certain “age restricted” apps and parental consent for users under 18.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

“We don’t work with the ad agencies signing the consent order, and our ratings are based on nonpartisan journalistic standards, not political orientation,” said NewsGuard co-founder Gordon Crovitz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

“Withdraw, then,—I consent; but remember, you leave me here in anguish. Go up to your own room; think over all I have said, and, Jane, cast a glance on my sufferings—think of me.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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