accommodate
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The new headquarters will be more than 70,000 square feet larger than its current one and can accommodate 1,100 people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The bridge over the Tumen river, which Russia said is designed to accommodate a projected growth in freight and passenger traffic, adds to the rail and air links between the neighbours.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
History accumulates faster than collective memory can accommodate it.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
An investigation says that the Los Angeles Clippers went to extreme lengths to accommodate him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Vincent does want to rent the studio next door, which would be large enough to accommodate all of them—Vincent, Sien, her daughter, Maria, and the new baby.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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But the DSA’s big tent also accommodates dedicated Marxists and communists, including several of its 27-member National Political Committee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
A rules-based framework accommodates a productivity boom automatically.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 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 Pitt” ably accommodates the couch-bound walking wounded.
From Salon ● Jan. 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 internet has long accommodated users who wanted to hide their real name behind a clever username or a throwaway account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the years that followed, the American people abolished slavery, amended a constitution that had accommodated it, expanded civil and political rights that had long been denied to millions, and became a great multiethnic democracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
According to sources who spoke to the BBC, their final destination is Heraklion, where they are expected to be temporarily accommodated before arrangements are made for their return to their home countries.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
We demanded to be accommodated together, and were given all sorts of absurd explanations why this was impossible.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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James Madison’s notes seemed to confirm what Garrisonians believed: Whatever euphemisms the Constitution employed, some framers knew they were accommodating slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Muenster is less assertive but more accommodating: its mild butteriness stands beside the sauce without competing, and it softens agreeably in summer warmth without becoming stringy or oily.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The calendar is also less accommodating than it was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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
These days, Harpers Ferry passes its time accommodating tourists and cleaning up after floods.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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