as in to admit
to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to
a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms
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Recent Examples of receive
Freelancers typically receive Form 1099-NEC from clients or Form 1099-K from payment platforms.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 29 Jan. 2025
Petrovich also received an honor at the event, the inaugural Paul Petrovich humanitarian award, according to a post by the CBCC on Facebook.
—Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
The complaint also states the couple has been improperly receiving deliveries at the main entrance door without notifying staff, and this also represents a violation of the association’s policies.
—Christyne D. Santisteban, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
For Mother’s Day one year, a large number of women in his family received camouflage sweatpants.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 29 Jan. 2025
Petrovich also received an honor at the event, the inaugural Paul Petrovich humanitarian award, according to a post by the CBCC on Facebook.
—Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
The complaint also states the couple has been improperly receiving deliveries at the main entrance door without notifying staff, and this also represents a violation of the association’s policies.
—Christyne D. Santisteban, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
For Mother’s Day one year, a large number of women in his family received camouflage sweatpants.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Colleges permit student transfers so long as a school decides to admit a student and agrees to accept all or some of their credits–in other words, a transfer is an academic matter that each school decides on its own, rather than by colluding with other colleges on allowable rules.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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Donald Trump's return to Washington has been defined largely by bombarding the country with a dizzying amount of brash actions and rhetoric that opponents admit is exhausting.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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Midway through the third, the Leafs entered the zone on a rush.—
Joe Smith,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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Say farewell to the Year of the Wood Dragon because the Year of the Wood Snake is upon us, officially beginning when the new moon enters Aquarius at 4:36 a.m.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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Other analysts take a more nuanced view, painting the party as a coalition of different broadly right-wing ideological factions.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Jan. 2025
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For 41 years, the policy has served as a partisan touchpoint in American politics, with each party taking opposite stances.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Receive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receive. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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