receptive

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To Eddings’ surprise, however, Ritchie was receptive, even enthusiastic, as were his supervisors.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

He tried to find a receptive audience for the name.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Amidst the rhetoric it’s unclear how receptive Iran is to negotiating at this early stage, with one spokesman for Iran’s military saying that the U.S. was ‘negotiating with itself,’” notes Vertical Research Partners’ Robert Stallard.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Drugmakers, who have long blamed PBMs for driving up US medicine costs, have also been receptive, expressing interest in exploring direct-to-consumer sales for other kinds of drugs.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The four representatives of the upper classes sat down wherever they could—there were only two stools—and stared at the holy man in receptive silence.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White