- present participle of accept.
accepting
Example Sentences
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Alzheimer’s taught me that love can also mean accepting when that life changes, protecting the happiness that remains and allowing yourself to keep walking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
According to HRW, some of the countries accepting the deportees have "arbitrarily detained" or sent them to their home countries, where they face "the risk of persecution or torture".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Upon accepting her Oscar for supporting actress for the film, the nine-months pregnant Saint kissed the statuette and joked, “I may have the baby right here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The mayor of the town of Shelekhov, home to around 40,000 people and where the patient was hospitalized, said the local hospital had been placed under quarantine and was no longer accepting patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But then it occurred to him that any progress he had made on his quest so far he had made by accepting the help that had been offered to him.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
