as in to admit
to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to
a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms
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Recent Examples of receive
The surface reminds me of a groomer that received a healthy blanket of new snow after its most recent plow.
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Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026
This ritual has taken on new meaning now that my parents received word from their doctor on the same day, that Mother has Stage 4 cancer and Father has a suspicious spot on his pancreas.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Jagadeesh received permission from Operacz's health insurance to prescribe the medication and began administering it on August 20, 2024.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
After its grand return in remastered form in 2025, the Air Max 95 OG Big Bubble will continue to receive a push from Nike this year.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 28 Feb. 2026
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Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026
This ritual has taken on new meaning now that my parents received word from their doctor on the same day, that Mother has Stage 4 cancer and Father has a suspicious spot on his pancreas.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Jagadeesh received permission from Operacz's health insurance to prescribe the medication and began administering it on August 20, 2024.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
After its grand return in remastered form in 2025, the Air Max 95 OG Big Bubble will continue to receive a push from Nike this year.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 28 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for receive
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During a meeting with community members that year, Balaji Vaidyanathan, ADEQ’s deputy director of its air quality division, admitted that the agency messed up.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps adults in her life did not admit their shortcomings easily.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Four minutes after entering the game, Silvetti, the 20-year-old Argentine, launched a long-distance diagonal shot that landed inside the left post to give Miami hope.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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Passionate Mars enters your 6th house to highlight your work-life balance, urging steady action on the daily tasks that keep everything humming.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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And areas of south Lebanon – Hezbollah’s home turf – have once again been pounded from across the Israeli border, leaving dozens of people killed and injured, while thousands have fled their homes to take shelter out of the line of fire.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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On the smallest scales, structure gets washed out, while on larger scales, structure takes a long time to form, as larger scales plus the finite speed of gravity translate into longer timescales for collapse.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Receive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receive. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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