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acceptable

[ak-sep-tuh-buhl] / ækˈsɛp tə bəl /


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“Many were unable to produce even a single procedure… this is not acceptable.”

From Los Angeles Times

And I agree it should be socially acceptable to drape oneself in velvet External link.

From Barron's

Even in sectors like emergency services, dams and water treatment, foreign content in supply chains for crucial technologies is often limited, diversified across suppliers, or replaceable with domestic production over acceptable time horizons.

From The Wall Street Journal

Baroness Hayman, the minister for animal welfare has previously shared concerns that trail hunting is being used as "a smokescreen" for the hunting of wild animals, which she said was "not acceptable".

From BBC

“Anything that involves infrastructure, physical assets—I just don’t think this is going to be an acceptable level of risk,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal