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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

Aspiring electrical engineer Tanatswa Mbara, a 20-year-old from Zimbabwe, received a scholarship to start this fall at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He woke his mother when his acceptance notice arrived at 1 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Boutcher said he believed there seems to be an "acceptance around misogyny" which he had not seen before.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Papi raises a glass to my picture in the newspaper and another toast to Roli’s college acceptance, which makes Mami cry.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina