generally accepted

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Those evergreen funds have grown so quickly that the managers’ cut of the fees often have turned StepStone’s income statements into consolidated statements of loss, under generally accepted accounting principles.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Brookfield said that it will adopt generally accepted U.S. accounting principles from the first quarter of next year, which would allow for greater comparability with its peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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

So in the end our work became generally accepted and nowadays nearly everyone assumes that the universe started with a big bang singularity.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking