accepted

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Some of today's pensioners still receive money from the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme, a very generous programme that accepted new entrants from 1978 until 2002.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

But the city of Carlsbad, he argues, never accepted it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

“She’s accepted responsibility today for what she did by pleading guilty. She’s now a felon. So you know, we’re not trying to do anything to dance away from that.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Beyond the award, Travolta, 72, said he was hugely surprised to have his directorial debut, which stars his daughter, Ella Bleu Travolta, accepted at the world's most prestigious film festival.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Around noon, he walked over to nearby Ford’s Theatre, a block from Pennsylvania Avenue, to pick up his mail: Ford’s customarily accepted personal mail as a courtesy to actors.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson