How to Use accepted in a Sentence

accepted

adjective

• For a full list of accepted items, see ww.flatcanrecycling.com/what-we-recycle.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
• Physicians learn to just do the routine, to do the accepted things -- don’t go too far out.
  — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2019
• The book retells the accepted view of Kelly’s scandal-free life.
  — Jeanine Basinger, New York Times, 2 June 2017
• See the website or Facebook page for a list of accepted lights.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
• The other five accepted guilty pleas rather than bring their case to a jury.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
• In the years since, the concept — paid and unpaid alike — has become more accepted.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 16 Jan. 2018
• The accepted rules of the day required a return run to qualify for a record.
  — Elana Scherr, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• The accepted thing to do was to make excuses for a wrong, to ignore it, to sit and wait for the police to act after the fact.
  — Michael P.h. Stanley, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2021
• That’s more of a readily accepted view, to be more mindful of those kind of things.
  — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• The accepted students were due to spend the whole weekend getting a taste of the college lifestyle.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022
• Nee wanted to make something that made kids feel seen and feel accepted.
  — Karen Idelson, Variety, 15 June 2022
• Bird and Sherwin agree that much of the evidence aligns with the accepted story.
  — Vulture, 25 July 2023
• The accepted source location is the Chinese city of Wuhan.
  — Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 Sep. 2020
• A little disruption of the accepted way of doing things may not be, on its face, that bad.
  — Jack Detsch, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2017
• While they can be worn to somber events like funerals, the more accepted etiquette would be to wear a hat as a sign of respect.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022
• People who might not have the best home life, or have problems, can just go there, meet others and feel accepted.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2020
• This is now an accepted way to raise puppies that can grow up to become more relaxed dogs.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2022
• The difference is Goran was the accepted leader of the Slovenia national team from the get-go.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• On Cape Cod, sharks have become an accepted part of the local lifestyle.
  — Sophia Eppolito and Marek Mazurek, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2018
• You had been prepared for an ending and had so accepted death that life itself was the surprise.
  — Anne Lagamayo, Longreads, 11 May 2023
• Roseman knows and firmly believes in the accepted wisdom: despite all the prep work teams do, the draft is kind of a lottery.
  — Les Bowen, Philly.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• Traughber said the accepted offer was all cash and well above asking.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
• Because right now Sirk is a kind of accepted currency in the cinephile landscape.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 Feb. 2022
• The board claims the substances have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use.
  — Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, 12 Apr. 2019
• Many more accepted thick envelopes of Russian rubles on top of their pay as an inducement to stay in their jobs.
  — Michael E. Miller and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2022
• Everyone is trusted, and people feel accepted and part of the team.
  — Joseph Folkman, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• The accepted method to do so is impeachment by Congress.
  — Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2018
• Lying northeast of Cairo, this site, known as Tell Basta, became the accepted spot where Bastet’s city once stood.
  — Irene Cordón, National Geographic, 7 May 2019
• There is a more accepted level for men to be aggressive.
  — Julie Holunga, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• But the new study suggests that even in adults whose thyroid levels have stayed within the accepted normal range, taking levothyroxine daily over six years is associated with greater bone loss.
  — Kristen Fischer, Health, 7 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025