as in open
willing to consider new or different ideas
needed a partner who was receptive to new ways of managing the business
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Google, Microsoft and Nvidia are among the tech companies that are bringing artificial intelligence expertise to India, which Modi’s government has been receptive to.
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Seema Mody, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
The counties where this transformation occurred are heavily populated by working-class whites, who were especially receptive to Trump’s xenophobic nationalism.
—Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
There’s also a danger in the sociology of the newsroom, where intelligent journalists lock into a viewpoint and aren’t as receptive to competing evidence.
—Rob Wells / Made By History, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
Consumers are pleasantly receptive to the truth, and plain dealing assures believability.
—Chris Kille, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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Seema Mody, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
The counties where this transformation occurred are heavily populated by working-class whites, who were especially receptive to Trump’s xenophobic nationalism.
—Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
There’s also a danger in the sociology of the newsroom, where intelligent journalists lock into a viewpoint and aren’t as receptive to competing evidence.
—Rob Wells / Made By History, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
Consumers are pleasantly receptive to the truth, and plain dealing assures believability.
—Chris Kille, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Receptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receptive. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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