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If over the course of time their finding becomes accepted … it would demonstrate that amino acids, the basic building blocks of proteins, can be and have been formed outside the Earth.

The ranking compared deaths to average daily jail populations – a widely used and accepted method for analyzing jail death rates.

The widely accepted view was that bird songs are long complex vocalizations produced by males during the breeding season, whereas such vocalizations in females are generally rare or abnormal.

Recent studies of the cosmic microwave background suggested that the geometry of space may be curved instead of being simply flat, which is consistent with the most accepted theory of the big bang.

The accepted idea had been that the earliest galaxies probably where not flat but shaped like a ball.

Many Jewish women have been accepted as conventional, mainstream hot.

He later accepted a plea deal that put him behind bars for 25 years.

For years, Brooke even had trouble finding a publisher for his memoir, which was ultimately accepted by Rutgers University Press.

Inquiries will be accepted only via Western Union telegram or rotary phone.

When everyone is struggling, how much is to be offered to the more destitute, and how much is to be accepted?

The young men gathered round him and offered him a cigar, which he accepted and began to smoke.

He that adoreth God with joy, shall be accepted, and his prayer shall approach even to the clouds.

This, however, should not be accepted as proving the presence of bile without further tests.

Heresies for which men used to be burned alive are now openly accepted by the Church.

It would make a sensation, he thought; there was more than one generally accepted theory he had challenged or contradicted in it.

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On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to accepted, such as: acknowledged, approved, authorized, confirmed, conventional, and customary.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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