accepted
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Instead of basking in the wealth he had amassed as a banker and financier, Mellon accepted a summons from President-elect Warren G. Harding and got on a train to Marion, Ohio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The findings have been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and are scheduled to appear in an upcoming issue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Suddenly, she was free to come and go as she pleased, so when her postgraduate program in Versailles accepted her application, we went.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
The new wave of AI filmmakers have accepted the rise of AI as inevitable, and are forging ahead, increasingly in Culver City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
As part of what the press dubbed the “Bodies for Butter” program, East German dictator Walter Ulbricht accepted bribes of food from Western governments in exchange for the release of political prisoners.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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