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accept

[ak-sept, ik-] / ækˈsɛpt, ɪk- /






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District officials said that they would accept the automatic raise approach if it were structured in an affordable way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

"So it may yet accept a return to US security guarantees as their least bad option but that also depends on what's negotiated by all parties at the conclusion of this conflict."

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

A beneficiary might have to bow and scrape like a courtier, or accept treatment as a glorified servant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“Many of the companies either don’t embrace this view or don’t accept it which feeds into the buying vacuum,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

But she was not going to accept the alternative from Anat.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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