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accept

Definition for accept

verb as in receive something given physically

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get, obtain, take, welcome

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acquire, gain, secure

verb as in allow into group

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admit, receive, welcome

verb as in believe the goodness, realness of something

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In others, companies have been eating those costs and accepting lower profits, the Fed said.

“We are not going to gamble with lives. And we are not going to expect people to work or live in conditions that we would never accept for ourselves.”

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"Now we know that the donated blood stem cells re-educate the recipient animal's immune system to not only accept the donated islets, but also not attack its healthy tissues, including islets," Kim said.

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To them, he is something to gawk at while patting themselves on the back for “accepting” him.

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Surprisingly, many farmers still accepted these drawbacks and chose city life.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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