well-accepted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"The previous and well-accepted measurements were, in fact, fine and our current understanding of the fate of the universe remains robust," said lead author Dr. Phil Wiseman, from the University of Southampton.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Travel, security, transportation, logistics — there’s a lot that they provide and it’s well known and well-accepted across the federal government.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
We found that shifts in social infrastructure rival those of other, more well-accepted economic factors, such as wages and unemployment rates.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
This was in direct contrast to other scientific thought at the time, which included well-accepted proposals that geologic layers were representative of catastrophic events caused by processes no longer operating in the present time.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The well-accepted fact of the sudden changing of the color of the hair from violent emotions or other causes has always excited great interest, and many ingenious explanations have been devised to account for it.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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