generally accepted
Example Sentences
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We generally accepted, or at least understood, heightened surveillance during the work-from-home era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
The only requirement is that the difference with generally accepted accounting principles be explained somewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 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
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
