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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While most of us accept that artificial intelligence isn’t going to take over the world just yet, there’s a growing recognition that businesses and their employees are going to have to adapt their skills pretty swiftly. —

David Morel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Many Tibetan parents accept that their children should learn Chinese for a chance at better jobs, said Gyal Lo, who now lives in Canada and is an activist working to draw attention to the schools. —

Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 People are starting to accept that animation is not just for children and can be something outside the mainstream. —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 On their first day of class, the teacher asked them to accept that no one could change what was going to happen in their lives. —

Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for accept that