REASSUME Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

reassume

verb

Definition of reassume

as in to acquiesce

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Recent Examples of reassume If Fland can build on Saturday’s breakout performance, the Gators could reassume their position as SEC favorites. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026 Walker found his groove in the middle of the season, but didn’t reassume the role until after Camilo Doval was traded and Randy Rodríguez was injured. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2025 Cousins will reassume the starting role and help pull the Falcons out of their current 3-7 record. — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025 Upon reassuming his leadership role in 1997, Jobs instilled a strong emphasis on innovation and the development of exceptional core products. — Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for reassume

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So the showrunner of TV’s number one comedy acquiesced and, in 1995, bought a green Porsche 911 coupe.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
But what begins as a bold and daring attempt to broach progressive issues in a notoriously conservative society ultimately loses its nerve, acquiescing to a number of eyebrow-raising narrative compromises.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of acquiesce

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Kyiv briefly acceded to the request, but has since resumed attacks — and Russia has continued to pound Ukraine’s energy infrastructure throughout the week.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Which would entail the young girl acceding to a reality in which women sometimes deserved to be tortured to death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of accede

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False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
Their mothers assented because anything the cousins did together could be considered family time.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

Definition of assent

Verb

One reason for his endorsement is that Bass declined to consent to Mejia performing an audit into her signature homelessness program Inside Safe.

— Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
But dating apps are not largely not transparent about how personal information is stored, analyzed, and shared and require you to legally consent to sharing data.

— Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of consent

Verb

For decades, the United States favored an international order that forbade wars of conquest, upheld freedom of the seas, maintained a generally open global economy, and allowed populations to exercise democratic rights, even if autocracies remained.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
In a June ruling, the Supreme Court upheld states' authority to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, provided they were cast on time and meet state deadlines.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of uphold

Verb

European leaders have adopted a more aggressive stance to shield native businesses from a tidal wave of Chinese imports, which policymakers have blamed for deep job losses among European automakers and other sectors.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
This has enriched its atmosphere with calcium, lithium, and sodium, and the team's model suggests this would have led WD J1330+6435 to adopt a green hue.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of adopt

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Finally, Louise herself, who had since left the region and was now twice divorced, returned to advocate for the historical importance of her old home, which never did receive official landmark status, locally or otherwise.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Human rights lawyer Rosy Auguste Ducena, who advocates for the rights of victims of violence, says the Haitian public is fed up with the slow pace of change.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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