accepting 1 of 2

present participle of accept
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accepting

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adjective

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Recent Examples of accepting
Verb
Wright's journey involved coming out as gay in 2010, a time when the country music industry was less accepting of LGBTQ+ artists. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Andy’s brooding nature gets fresh fuel with the vengeful Quynh’s re-emergence, but with Nile now more accepting of her mentorship, the rapport between those two women acquires a new warmth and humor. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025
Adjective
The Tennessee Department of Education provided a list of more than 200 schools accepting scholarship students for the 2025-26 school year. Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025 Since its initial filing to go public on the Nasdaq, Cerebras has shifted its focus away from selling systems and more toward providing a cloud service for accepting incoming queries to models that use its chips underneath. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for accepting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accepting
Verb
  • Martin Odegaard hobbling off the Emirates pitch for the third time in as many starts would have frustrated Mikel Arteta, but having Martin Zubimendi waiting in the wings is a luxury any manager would dream of.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Why does one hard working fan have to buy seven different versions of an album instead of just having all of the songs be on one complete album?
    Bryan West, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • And while European diplomats were for many years eager to court Vučić, even tolerating hedging tactics that saw Serbia expand ties with Russia and China, that changed amid the president’s response to months of protest.
    Hanna Begić, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The future will not be secured by tolerating lies or retreating into despair.
    Carolyn McKinney, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • So if believing that your rosy glow or struggles with heartburn make waiting to meet your baby a little bit easier to bear, then may these myths be around forever.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe this is buyer’s remorse from believing last season.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • With all members present, Johnson can currently only afford to lose two Republican votes on any bill, assuming all Democrats are opposed.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Players today come into the league rightly assuming that audiences for professional women’s sports are there.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • Don Lisi, Rogers Police Department spokesman, said police investigate cases involving virtual currency scams on a regular basis, and the department is currently handling a couple of such cases.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Louisville police's Traffic Unit is handling the ongoing investigation.
    Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Her fans’ unquestioning loyalty provides an uncomplicated explanation for why Swift may never need to release another lead single again.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • To write one’s way out of the incapacitating dependence of daughterhood into autonomy means shedding the unquestioning fidelity of a child.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • When some in the group expressed interest in joining the early-morning bread run, the captain gave an approving blink of surprise.
    David Dickstein, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
  • Even Dodgers' Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully was shown giving a thumbs-up afterward, adding an approving nod to the unconventional yet unforgettable performance.
    Amanda Castro Gabe Whisnant Anna Commander Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • But there is a weariness here, too, a resigned cynicism that carries the film into its second act, which zooms ahead some 15 years and finds Perfidia’s child, Willa (Chase Infiniti), now a teenager living in hiding with her father, Bob.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Just 14 yards on resigned run plays were, however, according to Pro Football Focus.
    Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025

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