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as in reconciled
to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences
let's accommodate the difference in their voices by moving the mike closer to Sarah, whose voice is softer
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as in adapted
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
accommodated the lectern to the height of the guest speaker, who turned out to be quite short
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as in obliged
to do a service or favor for
couldn't accommodate everyone who wanted a free T-shirt
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as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
regards the tent as entirely inadequate for accommodating them through the winter
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Recent Examples of accommodated
Beginning in 1978 when the city started to build Reunion Arena, the city of Dallas accommodated both the Mavericks and Stars with buildings that became key pieces to its growing downtown landscape.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
For families Families can easily be accommodated, with rollaway beds, cribs, or connecting rooms with dual twin beds.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
The rapidly ballooning market of the 1980s accommodated both kinds of art—art that might have been called critical, as well as art that might have been termed complicit, Pictures artists and neo-expressionists alike.
—Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Accessibility While the guest rooms are not fully accessible, the hotel team can make adjustments to ensure guests with specific needs are accommodated.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
Nearly 1,000 more people can be accommodated with seating now for 2,750, incluing 2,000 Cougars fans on the home-team side of the stadium.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
The porous Iraqi state and its security apparatus have long accommodated these paramilitaries and their political representatives within a carefully exclusionary arrangement—one that persists despite the present intra-Shia tensions stirred by the wider regional war.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
As e-bike and e-scooter use grows, they should be accommodated.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
The app companies are being accommodated at the expense of the wellbeing of pedestrians.
—Michael Miller, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
For families Families can easily be accommodated, with rollaway beds, cribs, or connecting rooms with dual twin beds.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
The rapidly ballooning market of the 1980s accommodated both kinds of art—art that might have been called critical, as well as art that might have been termed complicit, Pictures artists and neo-expressionists alike.
—Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Accessibility While the guest rooms are not fully accessible, the hotel team can make adjustments to ensure guests with specific needs are accommodated.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
Nearly 1,000 more people can be accommodated with seating now for 2,750, incluing 2,000 Cougars fans on the home-team side of the stadium.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
The porous Iraqi state and its security apparatus have long accommodated these paramilitaries and their political representatives within a carefully exclusionary arrangement—one that persists despite the present intra-Shia tensions stirred by the wider regional war.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
As e-bike and e-scooter use grows, they should be accommodated.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
The app companies are being accommodated at the expense of the wellbeing of pedestrians.
—Michael Miller, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accommodated
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Her mother is a short way off and has seated herself on a flattish rock in the shade of an oak tree.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Surveillance video allegedly showed Matthews walk to the side of the train where Swan was seated and stand near her.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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In an interview with CBS News conducted in the week after Lynette Hooker's disapperance, her daughter, Karli Aylesworth, said her parents had separated in recent years, but reconciled and gotten back together.—
Cristian Benavides,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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While injustice certainly still exists in the world, no one can still pretend that slavery can be reconciled with individual human rights.—
Jeremy D. Popkin,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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That switch has had a positive effect on Bello, but the problem now is that the Red Sox relievers haven’t adapted as seamlessly to opening the game.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Burial practices have to be carefully adapted to make sure the virus doesn't spread further.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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At the heart of Le Parc’s immersive, interactive and multi-sensory works was the viewer experience in contrast to art for a passive audience maintained at arm’s length and obliged to accept an artist’s propositions.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Even Lawrence’s admirers felt obliged to distance themselves from the novel.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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For the new study, Zietlow and her coauthors examined and reclassified fossils housed in more than a dozen institutions — specimens that had been misidentified as the species Tylosaurus proriger.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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In 2027, the show is slated to leave its current offices in New York and be housed alongside the rest of CBS News.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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The rapper, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That means every state budget could be held hostage until the whims of a small fraction of legislators is satisfied.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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The 12-team CFP further adjusted the postseason when first-round games moved on campus, bringing consistent stakes back to those six bowls but back-burnering the rest of the bowl system.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Wasil, who has a neon-green mullet, adjusted the beaded boutonnière on Hollister’s lapel.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Both agencies appeased a murderer.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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There also are a lot of people who need to be appeased to put the show together, so some habits are going to die harder than others.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Accommodated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accommodated. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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