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as in connotation
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as in assent
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Recent Examples of acceptation
The use of chainsaws to cut down trees prior to intentionally burning a stand, known as prescribed fire, is the major acceptation.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2021
San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acceptation
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Aaron Adrian Adrien Aiden Alex Allie Amari Andrea Andy Angel Aria Arlo Asher Autumn Avery Axel Azriel Classic Gender-Neutral Names That Start With A Quite a few names have switched gender connotations or become completely gender-neutral at some point in their long histories.—
Stephanie Kasulka,
Parents,
7 Feb. 2025
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Besides the ugly racial connotations of slotting it in Best Urban Contemporary Album, the Academy didn’t acknowledge the album’s breadth of rock, country, and hip-hop influences.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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For example, changing the tax credit would require the assent of both houses of Congress.—
Rob Nikolewski,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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Any business left unfinished at the time of dissolution will fall away, and any bills that have not received royal assent cannot be carried over to the new government.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Knowing the correct four-word idioms is a sign of education.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2025
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Glover’s score — for rock band, piano and acoustic strings — evokes pop idioms while politely sidestepping direct quotation.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Wesley Terry, Fort Lauderdale Trying to keep his family being from being destroyed by a trio of crises occupied Fort Lauderdale’s Wesley Terry (admitted in 2005) in 2020, according to the mitigation part of his guilty plea for consent judgment.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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Applicants must also have a pistol license, consent to a full background investigation, provide a letter from a physician and consent to random drug testing.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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But so are some aspects of DEI, which have also been hostile to open expression.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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And there was no one with a better incredulous expression and heavy sigh.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The City Council approved several amendments to the Community Master Plan as well as a new agreement with developer Festival Ranch North, LLC, since the original one expired.—
Alexandra Hardle,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Hoyer is in the final year of his own contract, and there is a potential lockout looming once the collective bargaining agreement expires after the 2026 season.—
Patrick Mooney,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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But the New Zealand Department of Conservation lists the reptiles as at risk — relict, a denotation reserved for species that declined to a small population but have since stabilized.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
22 July 2024
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Language, unlike code, has connotations and denotations that make organizing it for human consumption a much more complex task, says Dr. Harbin.—
Leonardo Bevilacqua,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 June 2024
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Until recently, Georgian Dream backed EU accession.—
Anthony Borden,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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For instance, if a referendum on EU membership had been held in 2021, 70 percent in the west would have voted for EU accession, compared with only 29 percent in the east.—
Anton Grushetskyi,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Acceptation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acceptation. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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