generally accepted
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Neither of those figures was calculated using generally accepted accounting principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Last year, the company became the first quantum company to surpass $100 million in annual revenue under generally accepted accounting principles.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
ASC 820 also permits a buyer to use a loan’s NAV as a “practical expedient” if that value was calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
His Washington state license plate read 29028, the generally accepted height of Everest when he climbed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Aristotelian philosophy had been based on the idea that one ought to be able to deduce sciences from generally accepted first principles, so that all science would be comparable to geometry.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
