accommodate
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Increasingly, the debate is over whether to accommodate a parent’s preferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Russia noted the bridge is designed to accommodate expanded growth in freight with the capacity for up to 300 vehicles daily, which adds to the rail and air links already between the neighbours.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
History accumulates faster than collective memory can accommodate it.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
They were among more than 100 employees of Smosh Productions, which this spring moved into the 32,000-square-foot facility, from a much smaller location in the city, to accommodate their programming needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
It was a box, no larger than my thumbnail, which grew or shrank to accommodate whatever it was called upon to hold.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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His map accommodates for the curvature of the Earth by making countries near the equator seem much smaller than they are, with countries nearer the poles appearing stretched.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Its legal framework already accommodates this approach by distinguishing between several types of property, including small homes, large apartment buildings, and commercial property.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
“The bandwidth in our 2026 guidance accommodates potential outcomes of ongoing discussions around export controls,” Fouquet said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
Abu Dhabi’s tourism department also is funding construction of a Sphere there to echo the scale of the Las Vegas version, which accommodates as many as 20,000 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
He calls her Laurette; he eats a roasted duck every day at 3 P.M.; his mind accommodates a seemingly inexhaustible catalog of Latin binomial names.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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The Fed accommodated the spending by keeping interest rates near zero and purchasing Treasurys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
By December 2024, about 20,000 people were being accommodated by it.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Iran responded by firing drones and ballistic missiles at Bahrain and Kuwait, which host U.S. bases and have accommodated the U.S. military throughout the war, according to a senior U.S. official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
They have accommodated me with a hotel, but I don’t have access to basic amenities like laundry or a kitchen, and it’s been a significant amount of time.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
But it all changed when I graduated from sixth grade and enrolled in a junior high that accommodated several different elementary schools.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Things that are hearty and comforting, endlessly accommodating and somehow greater than the sum of their decidedly humble parts.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The calendar is also less accommodating than it was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
This place has an odd, accommodating kinship with these prehistoric monsters, a willingness to coexist rather than eliminate what would kill us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
While Premier League-level grounds like Emirates Stadium and Everton's Goodison Park are well equipped, smaller venues are less accommodating.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Then more shame at seeing his father—with an accommodating “we all understand how it is” smile—buckle before the policemen.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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