Example Sentences

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"As time goes on, more of a shared societal consensus may emerge about the acceptability of defendants' conduct."

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

In 1936, for instance, its readers were given an update on the acceptability of novels.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

For the network meta-analysis, 11 outcomes related to the efficacy, acceptability, tolerability, and safety of the TBS were considered.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

But there has undeniably been a recent movement among marginalized people to identify as monstrous—or at least to identify with the monstrous—as a way to celebrate stepping outside the borders of acceptability.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

Olmsted had intended the report for a professional audience, one that would take for granted Jackson Park’s fundamental acceptability and value the report as an unflinching guide to the challenges ahead.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson