received

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Received pronunciation, also known as "Queen's English" does well to gain people's trust, but mainly because of its social prestige.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

As savage as Swift or Céline, somewhat reminiscent of Flaubert’s “Dictionary of Received Ideas,” these blistering pages indict a bourgeois culture of selfishness and mediocrity.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2022

Use the form here to share your tips: What’s the Best Advice You’ve Received About Motherhood?

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

The results were released in 1997 in a report entitled “Estimated Exposures and Thyroid Doses Received by the American People from Iodine-131 in Fallout following Nevada Atmospheric Nuclear Bomb Tests.”

From Scientific American • Jan. 27, 2022

The one standout entry in the Received column was the seventy dollars from Formann’s Department Store.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu