SUBSCRIBES Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

subscribes

verb

present tense third-person singular of subscribe

as in agrees

to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances

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as in signs

to write one's name on (as a document) they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing

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The result is a politics in which almost everyone agrees that reform is urgently needed, provided someone else pays, and their own group’s advantages remain untouched.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
If the Tax Court agrees that rescheduling eliminates section 280E liability for past years, cannabis businesses could seek refunds for multiple prior tax years.

— Carolyn Schenck, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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The elderly driver, consumed by guilt, signs his house over to Yu Jie and covers his medical and living costs each month.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Each move is credited to the generation of whoever signs the contract, and customers must be 18 to rent a truck, so the youngest members of Gen Z aren’t captured.

— Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

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Under Massachusetts law, Sullivan can encourage the jury to go back to the jury room, but not more than twice unless the jury consents to it.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
No one specifically consents to be included in them, but people have no choice.

— Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

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