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acceptance

[ak-sep-tuhns, ik-] / ækˈsɛp təns, ɪk- /




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West didn’t just embody feminist fat acceptance; she made it cool and brought it to the masses.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

However, the follow-up replication studies struggled to gain acceptance from those same journals.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

That endless abundance wasn’t so endless—once the cry of extreme outliers—gained wide acceptance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Growth will typically occur over a five-to-seven-year horizon once alumni outcomes become visible and employer acceptance for these students stabilises as enrolment decisions are increasingly outcome-driven in India, according to Ghosal.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

We are writing to notify you that your acceptance to the University of Georgia Honors Program was, in fact, a clerical error.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli