AC

Example Sentences

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Still, with the prices of many commodities climbing, the companies couldn’t ac- commodate price shocks, so they often  wound  up hiring banks to hedge their vulnerability to volatile product markets.

From MSNBC • Jun. 4, 2014

“I suppose the problem at the moment is that we don’t have a one- to-one mapping, because even our best theories aren’t completely ac- curate,” Ladyman said.

From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2014

Very democratic, proud of being a plain American, she likes people, is always ac- cessible to strangers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The government has devised civic ac- tion programs to rebuild damaged hamlets, and anti-guerrilla patrols are often accompanied by doctors who bring free medical care to the hill people.

From Time Magazine Archive

NOTE.—The forms ac-, af-, etc., are euphonic variations of ad-, and follow generally the rule that the final consonant of the prefix assimilates to the initial letter of the root.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton