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[ak-sept, ik-] / ækˈsɛpt, ɪk- /






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When he said a few days later that he would accept them, but only if he won, most people assumed he was joking.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Following the verdict, Mieraili said: "RIP Thailand's justice system. I don't accept any of this. I didn't do anything wrong."

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“I accept that we need to have a different role for government in the 2020s and into the 2030s than we have before,” Kyle said at the WSJ Leadership Institute CEO Summit in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, despite Anthropic's ongoing lawsuit against the US Department of Defense over its refusal to accept government use of its AI tools, US government agencies have been testing Mythos too.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Tío Yehuda replies, “We have heard that the Turkish sultan has promised to accept Jews and treat them well. We want to leave for Constantinople as soon as we can.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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