be received

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RBC Capital Markets analyst Trung Huynh conceded Friday that the data was “likely to be received negatively,” even though “comparison early into launch should be considered immaterial.”

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Congress established a single day for federal elections, they say, and ballots must therefore be received by that day.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

In Mississippi’s case, ballots can be received within five business days after the election so long as they’re sent by Election Day.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

“I was trying to make sense of how this might be received by the audience and was a little bit worried, so I wanted to come up with more of a concrete theory,” Murakami said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

The day Esteban Trueba asked to be received, Severo and Nivea del Valle remembered the words with which Clara had broken her lengthy silence.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende