How to Use accepting in a Sentence
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Go back to a less accepting time in the UK.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
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But there’s a lot of amazing people out there that are very accepting.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
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So why haven’t buyers in this price segment been more accepting?
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2025
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There’s a tendency to kind of just be more accepting of the status quo.
—John Benson, cleveland, 15 July 2021
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And what do teachers and students do in districts that may be less accepting?
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
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But every once in a while, there’s a beacon of hope for a more accepting future.
—ELLE, 8 Mar. 2022
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The unsung hero's help taught Squier to be a more accepting person.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
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In turn, doctors will need to be more accepting and responsive.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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And many people will be more accepting and comfortable to come to an outdoor venue.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
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Yes, there’s xenophobia, but there are also a lot of people who are very accepting.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2021
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Opinion polls show Ukrainians have become more accepting of gay rights over the last decade.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
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Her reaction to their deaths is much more visceral and less accepting.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 May 2025
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For women to be less judgmental, and more accepting, of each other.
—Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2021
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There are people who are more accepting of a different kind of look and girls who just want to be comfortable.
—Marris Adikwu, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2024
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There are signs that in the future physicians may be more accepting of bodies of different sizes.
—Alexandra Ossola, Quartz, 19 June 2022
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We’re supposed to be more accepting and understanding of the rights of all people and that is not the case.
—Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 14 Jan. 2022
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At the very least, this generation of players is more accepting.
—Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2021
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Laks hopes that those who learn about Opal and David Bowie's love story are moved to be more accepting.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
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Callie is a very accepting person, as you guys see in The Fosters.
—Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 10 Jan. 2019
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My workplace is very accepting, and my pronouns are displayed on our agency’s website and on a nameplate at my desk.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
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Maybe your goal is to change your habits, be more accepting of yourself, or learn about someone with a very different background than your own.
—Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 9 May 2022
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Leaders under 50 are much more accepting of hybrid and remote work and focus on how to do it well.
—Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022
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Some parents say the show made their children more accepting of younger brothers because Peppa has one, too.
—Meghan Bobrowsky, WSJ, 18 July 2021
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That sense of mutual support has enriched the Ladaus’ lives too, in a world that often feels far less accepting.
—Alaina Leary, Good Housekeeping, 16 Apr. 2021
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By letting go, Mowry-Housley has learned to be more accepting of every curveball that comes her way.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 29 Nov. 2021
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But Devers didn't seem very accepting of the idea of being the team's DH.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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That really felt full circle with Shyanne being more accepting.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 May 2026
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Younger and more liberal Americans seem to be more accepting of the movements.
—CBS News, 30 July 2020
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His point — which is accurate, if a little reductive — is that Tommy grew up in a less accepting time.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Styles represents one of a growing number of Black women who aim to make the cannabis space more accepting of women of color.
—Uvie Bikomo, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2022
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