as in prevailing
held by or applicable to a majority of the people
traditionally the received opinion was that, in the event of a divorce, the mother should get custody of the children
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as in admitted
to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to
a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms
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Recent Examples of received
Adam Bradley, New York Times, 16 May 2024
The button will vibrate to indicate a received input.
—PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Gabriel received some action already this season.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Part of what’s important in that time and before is to break these barriers of standard genres — painting and sculpture and stuff like that — and treat them as ordinary objects, questioning the received or accepted technical strategies.
—Adam Bradley, New York Times, 16 May 2024
The button will vibrate to indicate a received input.
—PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
Verb
Silverman received an undergraduate degree from New York’s Ithaca College and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Gabriel received some action already this season.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for received
Adjective
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Dissent is nothing more than the expression of an opinion that varies from the prevailing or traditional view or the position held by those in power.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Last year, in his third NBA season, LaRavia played well enough that Memphis general manager Zach Kleiman admitted the team’s decision to decline his fourth-year player option the previous summer was a mistake.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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At European soccer governing body UEFA’s Congress in Stockholm in April 2002, Kazakhstan was admitted as the confederation’s 52nd member after leaving the Asian Football Confederation the previous year.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The general guideline is for healthy adults to get 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity per week, along with at least two days of strength training and activities to improve balance.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Expecting heavy rain, Joey, a general contractor and project manager, decided to work from home.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Efrain Santos-Palacios, a 26-year-old Mexican national who entered the country without inspection, was arrested as well.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this week, NBCUniversal entered into a multi-year advertising deal with DraftKings, another major sports betting platform.—
Lillian Rizzo,Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
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That valuation is akin to an initial public offering stock price.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Chiefs took a 20-10 lead into halftime and ultimately won 37-20, improving to 2-2 on the season, while Baltimore fell to 1-3.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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Before Springsteen took the microphone, writer/director Scott Cooper shared a story about how his family lost their home in the Palisades Fire in California earlier this year.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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ByteDance will be allowed to keep just under 20% and current investors will account for an overall 35%.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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That category accounts for 50% of each NBA team’s overall Future Power Rating, the 0-100 score each team receives to determine its overall ranking.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The products—ranging from popular State Fair corn dogs to Jimmy Dean pancake and sausage sticks—are being removed from shelves after multiple injury complaints, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Seven years after his popular debut, Sorry to Disrupt the Peace, Cottrell announced his new novel Afternoon Hours of a Hermit.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Received.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/received. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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