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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Both accept that the wrong to these voters was done through excessive faith in unfettered markets. —

Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 The last state party chairwoman was an unrivaled mess, piling up debt and eventually refusing to accept that the party’s other leaders had elected to remove her from power. —

Philip Elliott / Detroit, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024 But for campaigns and PACs flush with cash, there's an October hack: Reserve on national cable and just accept that the majority of your viewers aren't your target audience. —

Hans Nichols, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024 Here are the players: Employers should recognize the out-of-date skill sets in our workplace and accept that a whole flock of perfectly skilled workers is not liable to show up out of the blue anytime soon. —

Eli Amdur, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for accept that