acceptable
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A good number of those who risked death to reach Ceuta "are in relatively acceptable socio-economic situations", he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Clark herself has repeatedly said she doesn’t want to be used this way, that harassment of any kind isn’t acceptable and that she stands with her Black colleagues in the league.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
What’s changed, Pardilla said, is how visible and socially acceptable those choices have become.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The socially acceptable options for 20th-century English eccentricity included the roles of public intellectual and political fanatic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In Dill’s case, he sang because it felt like a more acceptable way of screaming in agony, which was what he wanted to do.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Vocabulary lists containing acceptable
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