acceptance
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To further aid me in my age acceptance campaign, I started to affectionately refer to my birthday as my “Double Nickels.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
You hit on something that comes up a lot in divorce: fairness versus acceptance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Analysts say China has also appeared to move towards implicit acceptance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Underlying much of this concern was implicit or explicit acceptance of the Malthusian idea that whereas population has the potential to grow exponentially, it is kept constantly under check by its capacity to feed itself.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Her immense eyes widened with childlike acceptance, as if he had revealed the cardinal mystery of creation.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
That shift, highlighting acceptances instead of rejections, is an appeal for many young people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
By comparison, for medium-tariff universities - where students tend to get in with fewer Ucas points than the more selective universities - acceptances increased by 3.8%.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
According to Ucas, engineering and technology subjects saw the biggest growth in university acceptances, up 16% from last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
As they receive acceptances and rejections, they add that information to the website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
He wrote and telephoned dozens of acceptances to invitations to speak, predominantly at colleges and universities—both to expound his philosophies and to earn the $150-$300 honorariums above traveling expenses.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Vocabulary lists containing acceptance
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ance, -ence
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Althea Gibson Article and "Roberto Clemente’s Gifts from the Heart"
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"CLEP Principles of Management," Vocabulary from Chapter 3
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