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Janus Henderson said its board determined that the competing bid from Victory Capital is not a superior proposal to the deal with Trian and General Catalyst and “presents unacceptably high closing risks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

But in fields such as healthcare, some say, the disaster potential from replacing a tested solution with something hacked together is unacceptably high.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

"There are unacceptably long waiting lists," she added.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

However, the technology is largely restricted to a research environment for now, as qubits are sensitive to environmental disturbances, which can result in unacceptably high error rates.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

The driving controls are okay, and the nav computer is telling me the rover is at an "unacceptably dangerous tilt."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir