generally accepted

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Brookfield said that it will adopt generally accepted U.S. accounting principles from the first quarter of next year, which would allow for greater comparability with its peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The real estate listings and technology company on Wednesday reported 19 cents a share under generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, standards on $708 million in revenue, up 18% from one year prior.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

ASC 820 also permits a buyer to use a loan’s NAV as a “practical expedient” if that value was calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

His Washington state license plate read 29028, the generally accepted height of Everest when he climbed it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

This fact is now generally accepted; and we do not have to try to find in every mythological heroine the moon or the dawn and in every hero’s life a sun myth.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton