accepting
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- acceptingly adverb
- acceptingness noun
Etymology
Origin of accepting
Example Sentences
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"There were moments people didn't understand... every step, story and silence in-between brought me to this moment," the Surrey-born rapper said while accepting the award.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 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
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said that unlike other countries accepting third-country deportees, her nation has not signed a formal agreement to take immigrants from the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
I couldn’t tell if that meant she’d already known, that Luc had managed to give her a preview, or if it meant that she was just better than I at accepting professional news.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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