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well-accepted

British  

adjective

  1. generally considered as true or correct

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Moreover, the protocol was well-accepted and well-tolerated by the people.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

Now, he said, the guardian program has become well-accepted, even in more liberal counties.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2022

The gas company cited the testimony of a well-control expert, William Abel, who wrote that although transient modeling “may be useful in certain instances, it is not well-accepted industry practice for all well control efforts.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2021

“I think it’s fairly well-accepted that nature can have a pretty profound effect on physical health, ability to learn, and creativity,” Louv said from California last week.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2017

Du Bellay had said that "it is a well-accepted fact, according to the most learned men, that natural talents without learning can accomplish more in poetry than learning without natural talents."

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias