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[ak-sept, ik-] / ækˈsɛpt, ɪk- /






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He wants his father and he wants his mother and his family — especially when he realizes and starts to accept who he is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Eisenkot said any party or MK prepared to accept four principles could join his proposed government.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Voters might accept the occasional plot twist and policy mishap, but they get restless when the chaos feels out of control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

He thinks it will be "another three to four years" before Japanese consumers undergo a mentality shift to accept chronic inflation as the natural result of steep wage increases.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

The Prince of Demons wouldn’t accept the same face twice.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Bullock cheekily reminded Abdy that, when she accepts her award, “remember that when they gave it to you, you were initially employed at the place where you are no longer employed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Democracy rests on a simple bargain: The loser accepts the result because both sides trust the count.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Most important, she accepts the need for a gradual transition and the need to rebuild the country’s courts and electoral institutions before setting an election date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The second act reaches a dramatic peak as Lincoln, after much soul-searching, plaintively accepts the inevitable, seated next to his son Willie, who appears as a ghost the father cannot see.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

To my surprise, she accepts with a look of gratitude.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

When they combined those measurements with earlier data gathered between 2011 and 2018, the statistical significance increased to 3.2 standard deviations, exceeding the widely accepted threshold for evidence.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

Instead, “we accepted a tour and just rolled.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

But as he had lived there for more than four years, it meant he could not be prosecuted, so his application was accepted, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

He takes credit for arguing that Smith wasn’t lawfully appointed, a position accepted by U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

“You would be accepted into any realm tonight, whether you belong there or not.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Speaking Saturday, Pahlavi said he was accepting the prize only as a "trustee" until a democratically elected government was in power in Iran.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

The agency is accepting responses until 3 p.m.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

We are not accepting any excuses for anything and I think the players are doing a great job.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“We decided that the importance of Dwyane warranted making those refinements rather than accepting something we believed could be improved.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Felix and Benji had made a mistake in accepting it.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty


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