acceptations

plural of acceptation

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Noun
  • For people under 30, who may not even remember a time when influencers were not ubiquitous, as well as all manner of marketers and salespeople, the term’s connotations tend to be neutral to positive.
    Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In an interview with Smith on JMM’s website, she was asked about the rock-star connotations of wearing sunglasses.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The former Pac-12 schools still are under the conference’s old bowl agreements, which are set to expire after the season.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Alaska's emergency management division does not have formal agreements with the state's education department designating schools as emergency shelters, and neither agency has funding to help maintain schools specifically as emergency shelters.
    Emily Schwing, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Music unites the interconnecting stories in this saga and expands its passions, with a sumptuous score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens that taps into a wide range of American styles, idioms and amalgams, even as the second act turns more dissonant.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The history of labor struggle, infused with religious idioms, is a source of identity and values evident in everything from union meetings in churches to prayers on picket lines.
    The Conversation, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Opening in spring 2026, the exhibition will feature works that invite visitors to engage directly, transforming everyday actions into powerful expressions of peace and connection.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Snook and Lacy, who display such sharp instincts in their best work, seem to have been directed to overact; cameras freeze on their exaggeratedly bewildered or angry or devastated expressions, putting exclamation points at the end of too many scenes.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Controlled denotations were conducted Sunday at the site to dispose of hazardous materials, the agency said.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Failure to provide additional information or consents will be grounds for disqualification, unless prohibited under applicable law.
    Time, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Before allowing the use of advertising pixels, cookies or other tracking tools, businesses should investigate what those technologies collect, how that data will be used and what disclosures or consents are required.
    Jodi Daniels, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Now, not in pots as houseplants but growing in the ground on prominent public display, there are more than 200 accessions representing 46 species.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hill and Giler skillfully avoid virtually every sports movie cliché while still delivering the genre’s rousing satisfactions — this is a spectacularly fun movie in spite of its often grim subject matter.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Acceptations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acceptations. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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