acceptable
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Reddington also said he hoped the district attorney prosecuting the case "would be able to work something out that would be acceptable to both sides".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
AD109 also showed an acceptable safety profile, with side effects that researchers described as mild and expected.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
"That is not acceptable, it is not the act of a friend," Albanese said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
These are not friends who have effusively expressed admiration for the anime in the past, nor have they been collecting cards past the previously socially acceptable threshold of 13 years old.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
This was nothing I’d necessarily want to embroider on a pillow, but still, once the answer left my mouth, I embraced it as a perfectly acceptable teaching philosophy.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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