as in prevailing
held by or applicable to a majority of the people
traditionally the received opinion was that, in the event of a divorce, the mother should get custody of the children
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as in admitted
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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Katie Hunt, CNN, 30 Jan. 2023
The paper upturned the received wisdom of the grasshopper origin story.
—Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2018
Our findings have overturned much of the received wisdom about the ways human energy requirements change over the course of a lifetime.
—Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
The received wisdom around Cubism treats these words and letters, especially the J-O-U of the Cubists’ favorite scandal sheet Le Journal, as signs set free of their original meanings.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
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This finding contradicted the received wisdom at the time that a new species would not arise if the existing population was still in contact and exchanging genes.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 30 Jan. 2023
The paper upturned the received wisdom of the grasshopper origin story.
—Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2018
Our findings have overturned much of the received wisdom about the ways human energy requirements change over the course of a lifetime.
—Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
The received wisdom around Cubism treats these words and letters, especially the J-O-U of the Cubists’ favorite scandal sheet Le Journal, as signs set free of their original meanings.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
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“Received.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/received. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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