acceptance
Example Sentences
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During the final day of evidence on Friday, the inquiry's senior counsel Fred Mackintosh KC said NHSGCC's initial denials and delayed acceptance of infection problems had "severely impacted" the work of the inquiry.
From BBC
"International acceptance of this fraudulent exercise would set back the clock on genuine resolution to this crisis," he said.
From Barron's
Foreign Office veteran Christian Turner is awaiting the formal acceptance of his nomination from the US State Department.
From BBC
A belabored gait might mean he was carrying a stack of thick envelopes, the sort that indicate acceptance.
Since Gilberg opened his practice in 1965, psychiatry and psychotherapy have gone from highly stigmatized secrets to something people acknowledge in award show acceptance speeches.
From Los Angeles Times
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