Definitions
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- adjective in agreement; of the same mind; having the same opinion.
- adjective expressing agreement or consent.
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- verb Present participle of
agree .
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Examples
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And it highlights a significant difference in approach between Alito and Roberts, who often end a term agreeing in cases more than any other pair of justices.
Alito stands alone on Supreme Court's First Amendment cases 2011
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We have therefore the case contemplated in the second axiom, namely, of one term agreeing and the other disagreeing with the same third term; and we know that this can only give ground for a judgement of disagreement between the two terms themselves -- in other words, to a negative conclusion.
Deductive Logic St. George William Joseph Stock
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Sir William Ouseley is said to have brought from Persia a MS. copy of a portion of the Hezar o Yek Roz which he describes as agreeing with the French version, but, in the absence of documentary proof and in view of the fact that, notwithstanding the unauthorized incorporation of three of the tales of his original with
Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp John Payne 1879
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Shamir later admitted he had a different agenda in agreeing to the talks, explaining after leaving office that "I would have carried on autonomy talks for ten years and meanwhile we would have reached a half million people in Judea and Samaria [i.e., the West Bank]."
Osamah Khalil: Contradiction in Washington Prevents Peace in the Middle East Osamah Khalil 2010
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He said the government considered Khadr's age and background as the child of a prominent al-Qaida figure in agreeing to the eight-year sentence.
Omar Khadr, Guantanamo Detainee, Sentenced To 8 Years AP 2010
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By what logic could the Senate, in agreeing to a treaty with reservations, accept that some other body might void that reservation but keep the treaty intact?
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OrenWithAnE: By what logic could the Senate, in agreeing to a treaty with reservations, accept that some other body might void that reservation but keep the treaty intact?
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Shamir later admitted he had a different agenda in agreeing to the talks, explaining after leaving office that "I would have carried on autonomy talks for ten years and meanwhile we would have reached a half million people in Judea and Samaria [i.e., the West Bank]."
Osamah Khalil: Contradiction in Washington Prevents Peace in the Middle East Osamah Khalil 2010
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I think officer Crowley shows a lot of courage and class in agreeing to go to the White House to meet the President of the United States and close friend of the belligerent little toad that he arrested last week.
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The comments cast doubt whether officials will succeed in agreeing on a deal already this weekend ahead of the Group of 20 finance ministers meeting in Seoul, this month.
World Watch 2010
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