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as in established
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as in correct
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as in had
to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly
some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins
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as in tolerated
to have a favorable opinion of
her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family
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as in believed
to regard as right or true
refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things
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as in assumed
to take to or upon oneself
accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations
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as in handled
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint
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Recent Examples of accepted
Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2024
Clear redlines and mutually accepted rules of the game are glaringly absent.
—Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
Afif Khoury, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
New validators are then accepted by a majority vote, decided by existing block proposers.
—Amor Sexton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
In 1937, the National Confectioners Association launched a movement to rank Sweetest Day with other nationally accepted holidays like Mother's Day, Father's Day and Valentine's Day, but the effort fell flat.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2024
Clear redlines and mutually accepted rules of the game are glaringly absent.
—Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
Within two weeks, Kumon accepted 389 recommendations across just 40 locations, resulting in significant improvements in local listings and visibility with the potential to drive nearly $3 million in additional value.
—Afif Khoury, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
New validators are then accepted by a majority vote, decided by existing block proposers.
—Amor Sexton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The 13-track body of work shows the project’s ability to add prog, metal, indie and new wave to its established vintage funk, house and disco foundations.Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Nowadays, the recruitment of dual nationals is an established part of the USMNT system.Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Some were skeptical that this could be correct, but more reports were needed to be sure.David Phelan, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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But the fact that many formulations of string theory include gravity does not tell you which formulation provides the correct description of the real world.Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
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Reporting companies created or registered in the United States on or after September 4, 2024 that had a filing deadline between December 3, 2024 and December 23, 2024 have until January 13, 2025 to file their initial beneficial ownership information reports with FinCEN.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Though the looks were (not surprisingly) all-black, Phillips had fun exploring how Cash’s personal style bled into Dylan’s this time around.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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For decades, the leaders of both parties had tolerated mind-boggling levels of corruption, waste, and administrative bloat, enabling a culture of profligacy that subsidized the federal bureaucracy and crony capitalists at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers.Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Performative efforts from businesses will no longer be tolerated and walking the talk will become non-negotiable.Paul Klein, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Greenland's natural resources include gold, silver, copper and uranium and there's believed to be significant potential for oil in the waters off the territory.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Italian American Christmas Eve tradition is believed to have originated with immigrants from southern Italy who missed the abundant seafood of the area.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Journalists were routinely at the courthouse in Goderich, and Andrea assumed that the case would become public.Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Rather, it shouldn’t be assumed that Mayo has 100 percent earned a second year.Chad Graff, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Higher yields typically hurt rate-sensitive, old economy stocks and send investors back to the tried and true mega-cap tech names that are less sensitive.Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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However, what worked in past media from newspapers to radio to TV, and then online, are the tried and true advertisements.Peter Suciu, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The country’s oil exports, crimped if not crippled by U.S. sanctions, have plummeted, falling twenty-five per cent short of Tehran’s official budgetary needs.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
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Arkansas is expected to welcome two transfers — a defensive back and offensive lineman — Thursday for official visits.Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Accepted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accepted. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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