acceptance
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It’s the result of an organic movement that saw immigrants and their offspring reaching across the border in greater numbers, searching, some said, for acceptance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The company behind AOL hired just 286 people—an acceptance rate of less than 0.04%, making it roughly 100 times as hard to land a job there than get into Harvard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
"But it's still taking nine years to get a diagnosis and there's still not an acceptance of how debilitating this illness can be on women and their families."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
"If the quality of the product holds up, then there'll be gradual acceptance," said Dreyer.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
This possible growth depends on a number of factors we cannot control, including crime rates and sentencing patterns in various jurisdictions and acceptance of privatization.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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UniCredit received valid acceptances for its offer for Commerzbank of 10.9% as of Tuesday, which add to its existing direct stake of 26.8%, according to a regulatory filing published by the Italian bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Ucas says universities have made more offers this year, which it says "typically translates into more acceptances".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
Sibarium insinuates that Lucero has exercised undue influence over residency acceptances.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
“A much larger group of employees will receive the offer, but acceptances will be capped at approximately 240 people,” Stonesifer wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
He wrote and telephoned dozens of acceptances to invitations to speak, predominantly at colleges and universities—both to expound his philosophies and to earn the $150-$300 honorariums above traveling expenses.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ance, -ence
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