accede
to agree to a request or demand
Accede in a sentence
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The board reluctantly acceded to the shareholders' wishes.
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The committee's report was praised for its candor, yet its central recommendation was so blank that administrators could cite it to justify nearly any policy they had already resolved to pursue.
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