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

And sometimes he plays on the edge of acceptability.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 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

Olmsted had intended the report for a professional audience, one that would take for granted Jackson Park’s fundamental acceptability and value the report as an unflinching guide to the challenges ahead.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson