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consent

[kuhn-sent] / kənˈsɛnt /




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Snapchat was popular among her peers and friends so J.F. downloaded the app, which was presented as lighthearted and entertaining platform, without her parents’ knowledge or consent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Investigators are now trying to determine whether anyone involved in that operation knew that shares flowing into LVMH’s covert Hermès position had been transferred without their owner’s knowledge or consent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Sales assistants at work would generally be considered to have a reasonable expectation of privacy, and for their consent for any use of film or photographs of them to be obtained before they are shared.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

And the officials who tormented Landor, he concluded, did not provide that consent, so the lawsuit has to fail.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

So long as orders are phrased as a question, compliance is interpreted as consent.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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