accept that
idiom
: to consider (something) to be true
He was unwilling to accept that he could no longer play as he once had.
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By now everyone in Hollywood seems to accept that streaming is a cutthroat business.
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
Only European investments can force Russian leaders to accept that Western support for Ukraine will remain strong for as long as the war continues.
—Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 12 June 2024
As Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind argued in their 2018 book, Big Is Beautiful, the U.S. government should accept that big companies are driving American prosperity.
—Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2024
That’s a long 1,374-day stretch between such tasks, only made more pronounced because Democrats didn’t entertain any primary challengers to Biden as legitimate, and Trump refused to accept that any of his GOP rivals merited his attention.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 15 May 2024
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
Only European investments can force Russian leaders to accept that Western support for Ukraine will remain strong for as long as the war continues.
—Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 12 June 2024
As Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind argued in their 2018 book, Big Is Beautiful, the U.S. government should accept that big companies are driving American prosperity.
—Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2024
That’s a long 1,374-day stretch between such tasks, only made more pronounced because Democrats didn’t entertain any primary challengers to Biden as legitimate, and Trump refused to accept that any of his GOP rivals merited his attention.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 15 May 2024
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“Accept that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accept%20that. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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