accepted
Example Sentences
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With no other job offers after college, he accepted a sales position at Power Home Remodeling, thinking he would stay for a year, then go to law school.
This small ratio of English managers in the Premier League is way behind Europe's accepted top five leagues when it comes to national representation.
From BBC
His longtime prescriptions of fresh food, sunshine, regular exercise and meditation are now widely accepted building blocks of health, and are no longer the sole province of ditzy L.A. hippies.
From Los Angeles Times
This widely accepted social rule has now been examined in a study co authored by Bayes Business School.
From Science Daily
"Having carefully considered the committees' reports we have accepted in principle, or noted the significant majority of the recommendations ahead of the general principles debate," they said.
From BBC
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