accepted
adjective
ac·cept·ed
ik-ˈsep-təd 
ak-
: regarded favorably : given approval or acceptance
a fully accepted member of the group
especially
: generally approved or used
an accepted convention/practice
a widely accepted theory
acceptedly
adverb
Examples of accepted in a Sentence
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He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.
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Jay Peters, The Verge, 16 Nov. 2023
His aestheticized spin on things was permitted to become the accepted truth.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2023
The card offers 3% cash back on purchases made through PayPal, which is an accepted payment method at millions of merchants.
—Ben Luthi, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
An employer’s failure to provide proper protective equipment, while a violation of industrial safety law, is not an accepted reason for a job transfer.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
The strike is also testing the accepted wisdom of movie marketing.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
According to this accepted wisdom, containment won the Cold War, allowing the United States to check the power of the Soviet Union without engaging in a direct war with it.
—John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 21 Sep. 2023
By 2019, long before the issue had become an accepted topic of academic study, the migration to lower numbers occurred, with ESPN determining that 79.4% of receivers in its player database wore numbers 10 to 19.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
Climate change evolved from an academic theory to an accepted, existential threat.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2023
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Jay Peters, The Verge, 16 Nov. 2023
His aestheticized spin on things was permitted to become the accepted truth.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2023
The card offers 3% cash back on purchases made through PayPal, which is an accepted payment method at millions of merchants.
—Ben Luthi, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
An employer’s failure to provide proper protective equipment, while a violation of industrial safety law, is not an accepted reason for a job transfer.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
The strike is also testing the accepted wisdom of movie marketing.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
According to this accepted wisdom, containment won the Cold War, allowing the United States to check the power of the Soviet Union without engaging in a direct war with it.
—John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 21 Sep. 2023
By 2019, long before the issue had become an accepted topic of academic study, the migration to lower numbers occurred, with ESPN determining that 79.4% of receivers in its player database wore numbers 10 to 19.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
Climate change evolved from an academic theory to an accepted, existential threat.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2023
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