accept
Example Sentences
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"Teaching is not allowed and is a crime. I accept this risk because I know it's valuable and I feel valuable."
From Barron's
Ben Turner said the public has accepted "various different costs for a long time" and this is another rise "you have to stomach".
From BBC
"This Court should not accept the government's invitation to grant forms of relief the Supreme Court obviously found inappropriate," they argued.
From Barron's
Both companies already include stock-based compensation in their earnings as calculated under generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP.
From Barron's
“Do you know how to accept the invitation?”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.