receptive
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To Eddings’ surprise, however, Ritchie was receptive, even enthusiastic, as were his supervisors.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
They suggest future juries might be receptive to a product-liability argument against social media, which forms the basis of thousands of similar lawsuits waiting to be heard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
He tried to find a receptive audience for the name.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
“Amidst the rhetoric it’s unclear how receptive Iran is to negotiating at this early stage, with one spokesman for Iran’s military saying that the U.S. was ‘negotiating with itself,’” notes Vertical Research Partners’ Robert Stallard.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
On the other hand, perhaps at least some humans in any large area of the globe would have been receptive to the experimentation that led to domestication.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing receptive
Of Mice and Men
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