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as in obedience
a readiness or willingness to accept or adapt to a given circumstance
She eventually reached an acceptance of her mother's sometimes challenging eccentricities.
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as in approval
permission given to do something
They had a fancy dinner to celebrate his acceptance to Columbia University.
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Recent Examples of acceptance
Industry acceptance of aluminum hulls and lightweight composite structures has helped too, reducing energy demand and making electrification feasible for larger vessels.
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IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2025
Different from last year’s controversy, what with more consumer acceptance.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
When the Affordable Care Act passed with zero Republican votes, this kind of acceptance would have been hard to imagine.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
There’s a growing trend among corporate treasuries to add bitcoin to their balance sheets as institutional acceptance and regulatory clarity increase.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2025
Different from last year’s controversy, what with more consumer acceptance.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
When the Affordable Care Act passed with zero Republican votes, this kind of acceptance would have been hard to imagine.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
There’s a growing trend among corporate treasuries to add bitcoin to their balance sheets as institutional acceptance and regulatory clarity increase.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for acceptance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acceptance
Noun
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English wasn’t tied to the same expectations of obedience, modesty, or loyalty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The post-Super movies have more complex, contradictory characters but less ambiguity about what’s right (egalitarian societies in which every citizen has a voice) and what’s wrong (cultlike obedience to fascistic belief systems that have no interest in anything but domination and self-enrichment).—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Warner possesses valuable European sports rights that would require government approvals to sell.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Several Japanese companies, including Toyota, are investing roughly $7 billion (1 trillion yen) in local battery production, supported by government certifications such as METI approval for domestic manufacturing of solid-state batteries.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Any group decision comes with a degree of acquiescence and a leap of faith.—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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Would-be autocrats create environments of fear and powerlessness, using intimidation, overwhelming force or political and legal attacks, and other coercive tactics to force acquiescence and chill democratic pushback.—
Shelley Inglis,
The Conversation,
19 Oct. 2025
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But last spring, the Kansas State Board of Education restored the district to full accreditation based on school officials’ plan for meeting state academic benchmarks.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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An Amazon spokesperson said that the warehouse was built in compliance with all building codes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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The agreement also lets Boeing choose its own compliance consultant rather than appointing an independent monitor.—
Jamie Stengle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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There’s near-universal agreement from all kinds of housing observers that the affordability crisis is one of (non)-supply and demand.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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In Killers of the Flower Moon, his Ernest Burkhart starts off as a mopey, weak-minded World War One veteran, eager to do anything for his godfather uncle (Robert De Niro), but there’s still a certain likability to his dim-bulb submissiveness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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Casually tucked at the end of an article about Demon Hunters merch was confirmation that Netflix had finalized a deal for a second movie with directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, as well as Sony (which originally developed KPop Demon Hunters).—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Brady’s writing career is also starting to take flight, with his entry into The Brit List being confirmation of his burgeoning credentials.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Acceptance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acceptance. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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