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Recent Examples of acceptance Crypto is moving into the mainstream globally and the broad acceptance of digital assets is accelerating. Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025 Beyond mere festivities, Pride is a time for reflection on the progress of LGBTQ+ rights, celebration of diverse identities, and affirmation of the ongoing pursuit of equality and acceptance. Ana Gutierrez Austin American Statesman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Read More: Why AI Regulation Has Become a ‘States’ Rights’ Issue The version rejected by the Senate had earlier been reworded to meet budgetary rules, by making acceptance of funding from a $500 million infrastructure program conditional on accepting the moratorium. Billy Perrigo, Time, 1 July 2025 The Amazon Vionic sale features more than 50 percent off best-selling summer flip-flops and walking shoes, most bearing a prestigious seal of acceptance from the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA). Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for acceptance
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Noun
  • Their intelligence varies by breed and falls into three types: instinctive, adaptive, and working/obedience.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • Conformity, obedience, uniformity Authoritarianism is defined by public opinion scholars as an individual’s predisposition toward conformity, obedience and uniformity and an aversion to diversity, difference and individual autonomy.
    Adam Eichen, The Conversation, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • The city would also have to implement measures to fast-track developments with affordable housing in more affluent, majority-white neighborhoods by easing zoning restrictions and approvals, per the agreement, sources who were privy to the negotiations said.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
  • Faster licensing at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation has cut approval times from 33 days to just five, yielding $179 million annually in additional worker earnings.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The major sticking point in negotiations that kept the strike going for nearly a year was protections surrounding generative A.I., which the gaming companies made significant acquiescences to come their best, last and final offer.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 June 2025
  • His goal seems to be to scare the public into acquiescence.
    Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • By automating calculations, tracking and forms, technology gives HR the time and clarity to focus on what humans do best: make nuanced decisions, provide compliance reviews and real support when employees need it most.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The awarding of any prize is contingent upon full compliance with these Official Rules.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • For example, overtime promised under a collective bargaining agreement would fall under a contract, while California has a state law requiring daily overtime for hours worked in excess of eight in one day.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 July 2025
  • By signing this agreement, Google is securing future power and helping to speed up fusion technology development.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • In 2022, the most recent year data is available in the monitoring report, Ohio had both the highest sightings and confirmations of black bears on record.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 8 July 2025
  • Two more have been recommended for confirmation but are awaiting that vote, and another nominee was rejected by the Senate earlier this year.
    Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Does being a girl’s girl mean forfeiting your shot at love in deference to a friend’s indecision?
    Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 3 July 2025
  • When Sexton took to the Tennessee House floor in April 2014, his colleagues showed him deference because of his banking experience, said former Rep. Craig Fitzhugh, a rural West Tennessee Democrat and the minority leader at the time, who sponsored the original payday lending legislation in 1997.
    Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • The administration also revoked Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification, froze research funding, and pressed the university on DEI policies and campus protests.
    Patrick Maguire, CBS News, 29 June 2025
  • The independent health care accreditation and certification organization has launched a couple high-profile, high-tech partnerships in recent weeks.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025

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