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willing to consider new or different ideas
needed a partner who was receptive to new ways of managing the business
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Recent Examples of receptive
More Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Giolito told Bradford that Manfred was receptive to his feedback during their 1-on-1 meeting.
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The tour focused on New England, where audiences were especially receptive to the film’s themes of baseball, the rhythms of small-town life, and the bittersweet passage of time, all steeped in the nostalgic atmosphere of autumn in the Northeast.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 21 July 2025
Thank you to the powers at be at HGTV that were receptive to our idea.
—Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 9 July 2025
Though the Dodgers and Betts have spent much of the season saying there is no correlation between the position shift and his offensive decline, Betts was more receptive to the idea Friday.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 20 July 2025
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The tour focused on New England, where audiences were especially receptive to the film’s themes of baseball, the rhythms of small-town life, and the bittersweet passage of time, all steeped in the nostalgic atmosphere of autumn in the Northeast.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 21 July 2025
Thank you to the powers at be at HGTV that were receptive to our idea.
—Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 9 July 2025
Though the Dodgers and Betts have spent much of the season saying there is no correlation between the position shift and his offensive decline, Betts was more receptive to the idea Friday.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for receptive
open
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White, however, contradicted that by keeping the door open for UFC to do potential one-off PPV events in an interview with the New York Post.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Stay away from open fields, hill summits, or ridge tops.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Receptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receptive. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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