acceptable
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Meanwhile, today’s wellness culture has made moderation more socially acceptable.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
According to the researchers, this makes open-label placebos a promising and ethically acceptable strategy for supporting healthy aging.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Throughout the leafy Lower Merion district, which serves about 62,000 residents, parents said the status quo isn’t acceptable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
A better way of insuring arbitrator impartiality is for both you and the firm to name an intermediary that chooses an arbitrator acceptable to both you and the firm.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
They’re familiar with the musical genres, timbres, modes, and instruments, rhythmic and melodic patterns, and have learned the culturally acceptable cadences, harmonies, texture, and so forth.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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