How to Use accepted in a Sentence

accepted

adjective

• Accepted forms of payment include cash, check or credit/debit card, with a $3 fee.
  — Courant Community, 29 Aug. 2017
• Now the accepted marker is 3.5, and experts emphasize that no level of lead in blood is safe.
  — Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
• This is pretty much an accepted standard on most games, but do be aware that older titles may not be as accomodating.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
• 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
• That was the accepted view after the 6-foot-9 forward's freshman season at Kentucky.
  — Fletcher Page, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2017
• Other accepted donations include large bath towels, wash cloths, large combs, full-size bottles of shampoo, large tubes of toothpaste, adult toothbrushes and deodorant.
  — Andrew Michaels, Laurel Leader, 5 Oct. 2017
• Previous negotiations have seen the sides accept -- in principle -- the idea of mutually accepted land swaps.
  — James Griffiths, CNN, 18 Dec. 2017
• The option is only available when purchasing items on a smartphone, but connects purchases from an accepted retailer to your Venmo account.
  — Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2017
• In my experience, good pre-contract communication between the buyer and seller leads to more accepted offers and closed transactions.
  — Gary Singer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• 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 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024