accepted
adjective
ac·cept·ed
ik-ˈsep-təd 
ak-
: regarded favorably : given approval or acceptance
a fully accepted member of the group
especially
: generally approved or used
an accepted convention/practice
a widely accepted theory
acceptedly
adverb
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Make a deposit with any accepted payment method, like online banking or a debit card.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
That means travelers will need a Real ID-compliant license or other accepted form of identification like a passport to get through security before a domestic U.S. flight.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025
There are still many questions left unanswered about what happened to the Titanic and, Stephenson said, misconceptions that have dominated the accepted narrative.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Both Bloomberg and The Information reported last month that a number of these AI models, which Microsoft has dubbed MAI, produced results that proved competitive with rival products from OpenAI and Anthropic on accepted benchmarks.
—Ece Yildirim, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
That means travelers will need a Real ID-compliant license or other accepted form of identification like a passport to get through security before a domestic U.S. flight.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025
There are still many questions left unanswered about what happened to the Titanic and, Stephenson said, misconceptions that have dominated the accepted narrative.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Both Bloomberg and The Information reported last month that a number of these AI models, which Microsoft has dubbed MAI, produced results that proved competitive with rival products from OpenAI and Anthropic on accepted benchmarks.
—Ece Yildirim, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Accepted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accepted. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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