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acceptance

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




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Your acceptance speech — and that run to the stage — has brought people so much joy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

In her acceptance speech, Zegler said: "Thank you so much to the city of London for making me feel so welcome here, I never could've imagined it."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The older cases and treatises turned not simply on place of birth, but on protection, allegiance and the sovereign’s acceptance of the parents’ presence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Yet Maa had finished embroidering the wedding sari, Baap had written a letter of acceptance to the bridegroom’s family, and my brothers began to treat me with respect, so I didn’t run away.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan




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