accept that

idiom

: to consider (something) to be true

He was unwilling to accept that he could no longer play as he once had.

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Still, Microsoft does not accept that its security culture is broken, as the CSRB report argues. —Eric Geller, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024

And accept that being one of the biggest kids on the playground gives you a responsibility to stand up for those who can’t. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024

However, parents must accept that kids can’t learn to handle pain without feeling pain. —Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024

Even places known for strict dress codes, like the US Senate, have relaxed in recent years, and employers may have to accept that, according to style site Glossy. —Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024

His memory embodies two principles that will militate against forever Putinism: the refusal to tolerate apathy and the refusal to accept that Russian politics is entirely a top-down operation. —Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024

What federal prosecutors want is ... the public to come to accept that the defendant was afforded fairness. —Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024

Xavi refused to accept that Barca's physicality fell and and faltered against Napoli midweek. —Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024

Most physicists came to accept that avalanches in these landscapes were unstoppable, making MBL a remote prospect in sheets or bricks. —Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024