accept
Example Sentences
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The BBC's US partner CBS News reports that Uganda agreed to accept deported migrants as long as they did not have criminal histories.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
We didn’t accept the gift and had to pass on the property.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
“My sense is that people in our country are willing to make sacrifices and accept change,” Mr. Klingbeil said last week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The term "dissident republicans" describes a range of individuals who do not accept the Good Friday Agreement - the 1998 peace deal which ended the worst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
“When you talk to your dad, do you feel that you can trust him to listen to you and accept you, and that there’s a shared feeling of give and take?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
