accept that

idiom

: to consider (something) to be true
He was unwilling to acceptthat he could no longer play as he once had.

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Mikkelsen’s character constantly tries to appeal to factual evidence, at times insisting that Aurora stop claiming monsters exist and accept that evil humans killed her parents. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025 Season two of The Rehearsal improves on many of the missteps and underconsidered elements of the first, specifically as related to theme — Fielder is more willing to accept that this is a project largely about himself, and the show is weirder and freer because of that. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 The first step in reversing cultural stagnation is to accept that artistic invention is a social good. W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2025 Since then, the couple has been walking the streets, trying to mentally accept that Haiti is now home. Tania Francois, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for accept that

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“Accept that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accept%20that. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.

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