received

re·ceived | \ ri-ˈsēvd

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Definition of received

: generally accepted : common a healthy skepticism about received explanations— B. K. Lewalski

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What was radical thinking in times past has become received wisdom today. traditionally the received opinion was that, in the event of a divorce, the mother should get custody of the children

Recent Examples on the Web Not all communications were well received, underscoring the dangers of taking a stance. — NBC News, "Corporate America grapples with what to say — or whether to say anything at all," 1 June 2020 Stamford has so far received $40 million in federal funds, including money aimed at hospitals in coronavirus hot spots, and has furloughed 375 of its workers. — Reed Abelson, New York Times, "Hospitals Struggle to Restart Lucrative Elective Care After Coronavirus Shutdowns," 9 May 2020 Blomberg has so far received bills covering only some of her treatment and prescriptions. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, "She was asked to pay thousands for her coronavirus treatment, he got a free ride. She's American. He's Italian," 1 May 2020 Ars has reached out to Shadow for further details about the kinks in its Iowa data pipeline but has thus far received no response. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "“Robust,” “scalable” not words that apply to Iowa Dem Caucus app [Updated]," 4 Feb. 2020 Researchers divided 1,178 students into three groups: One group was asked to wear face masks at least six hours per day in their dorm, a second received masks plus hand sanitizer, and a third served as controls. — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, "Every expert opinion you’ve heard about wearing masks is right," 27 Mar. 2020 The facility has so far received five of those patients. — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, "California has lagged on coronavirus testing. That’s starting to change," 19 Apr. 2020 That metadata isn't included in the chirp, but is logged locally in a phone's metadata and can be associated with a received chirp in its contact log. — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, "Can Bluetooth Contact Tracing Apps Really Help Fight Pandemics?," 13 Apr. 2020 The group, called Sewing Masks for Atlanta Hospitals (COVID-19), has so far received requests from 15 different healthcare facilities that have asked for a total of 3,000 masks, according to Kayla Hittig, facilities coordinator for the group. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, "Groups around the country are sewing masks for hospitals facing dire shortages," 24 Mar. 2020

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“Received.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/received. Accessed 5 Jun. 2020.

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