acceptability

Example Sentences

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The tradition calls people to shed the performance of acceptability and live from a truer place.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

It “requires the Court to make policy judgments … about the acceptability of the death penalty and who ‘deserves’ it.”

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

"As time goes on, more of a shared societal consensus may emerge about the acceptability of defendants' conduct."

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

Verstappen is a controversial character who takes things to the edge of acceptability - and sometimes beyond - on track.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Let’s begin by comparing the acceptability of different inventions within the same society.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond