acceptable

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In what was probably a subconscious act of self-preservation, my focus shifted toward something I could control, which was finding acceptable headwear for Malia and Sasha for the announcement.

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Nuthatches, warblers, sparrows, and the occasional wood dove—perfectly acceptable birds all, to be sure, but where were the sage and mysterious owls?

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He sniveled, crying in a way that hadn’t been acceptable since he was a real little kid.

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Riemann made it perfectly acceptable to go off to infinity; since infinity is just a point on the sphere like any other point, it was no longer something to be feared.

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Although Bobby was in want financially, this prize fund was not acceptable to him.

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