accepting
Example Sentences
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Note that tipping TSA agents isn’t allowed because federal workers are forbidden from accepting gratuities for performing official duties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
But they land in the same place of accepting its inevitability.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
"We don't accept anything less than perfect, otherwise we're accepting greater risk," NASA's former chief astronaut Peggy Whitson told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Pointing to the issue of former Welsh Reform leader Nathan Gill being jailed for accepting Kremlin bribes, he added: "It's not about whataboutery, I think it's about proportionality."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
“Thanks, Grandma,” I said, accepting the gifts and acting as if that weren’t the most awkward thing to hear.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
