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  • present participle of accept.
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accepting

[ak-sep-ting] / ækˈsɛp tɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
acceptant
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ADJECTIVE
forgiving
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It said staff were evacuated and no one was injured, and that it was not accepting shipments from sellers at the location "as it is currently serving other operational purposes".

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Around the same time, the ticket machines were proving similarly unreliable about accepting credit cards.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

He spoke of a sense of national duty in accepting the role at the height of the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"We cannot keep accepting this as a fact of life."

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

That it’s not a question of believing, it’s a question of accepting.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy


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