acceptable
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The Overton window is the range of views a society treats as acceptable, and it moves over time—sometimes dramatically.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
According to the researchers, this makes open-label placebos a promising and ethically acceptable strategy for supporting healthy aging.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
A better way of insuring arbitrator impartiality is for both you and the firm to name an intermediary that chooses an arbitrator acceptable to both you and the firm.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
But the more money the hyperscalers invest, the more money they will have to make back to achieve acceptable returns for investors.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
The more common pronunciation is VEE-gun, though VEDJ-un is also acceptable.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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