How to Use acceptance in a Sentence
acceptance
noun- The university has sent me a letter of acceptance.
- He delivered an acceptance speech after he was chosen as the party's presidential nominee.
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And acceptance is part of the movie, too.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
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There is no acceptance of this regime.
—Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
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For years, acceptance felt out of reach.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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This is about acceptance and love.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
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His acceptance gave her courage.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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Robles gave a glimpse of what was next with his acceptance speech.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2022
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Pride days and weeks and ready acceptance at work and in public roles?
—Tony Peters, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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The novel asks us to love her for her acceptance rather than to loathe her for it.
—Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
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Oh, a lot of resilience, love, a lot of acceptance.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
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There’s a point where acceptance starts to feel like lying.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
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There's a point where acceptance starts to feel like lying.
—Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 27 May 2026
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This means the acceptance is very high even though very few customers have seen the car.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2022
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And the acceptance letters to the two students have yet to be sent out.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
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The third class is the risk of market acceptance of a new product.
—Arie Brish, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
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For this woman, the path forward seems to be one of acceptance.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
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His acceptance speech was the longest and most touching of the evening.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 Dec. 2022
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The new rules were not met with widespread acceptance ahead of their approval.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 June 2024
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So on that side of things, there's 100% acceptance.
—Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
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This shift from avoidance to acceptance can strip stigma of its force.
—Emily Tanner, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
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There have been some recent wins for the body acceptance movement.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
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The source said there is broad acceptance that things need to change for a new era of television.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 July 2022
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It’s even been adopted as an anthem of gay pride, thanks to its themes of acceptance and love.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
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Where are the passport acceptance fairs?
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
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That’s nothing to cry about — well, not until her acceptance speech.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 17 Nov. 2022
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But as years passed, that hope turned into quiet acceptance.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
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For me, that’s what balance looks like, not control, but acceptance.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Beckham says that with a tone of acceptance, but also a tinge of regret.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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At this point, that control starts with choosing acceptance.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
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