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
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
The majority of cases, 51, involve patients who were not vaccinated, not fully vaccinated for their age, or received a dose after being exposed to measles.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
Officials received the test results on Tuesday and quickly posted warning signs in the area.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2025
Reddit users couldn't stop crying after reading the instructions a cook received for a delivery order, which turned out to be for a dog's last meal.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
The majority of cases, 51, involve patients who were not vaccinated, not fully vaccinated for their age, or received a dose after being exposed to measles.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
Officials received the test results on Tuesday and quickly posted warning signs in the area.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2025
Reddit users couldn't stop crying after reading the instructions a cook received for a delivery order, which turned out to be for a dog's last meal.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for receive
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The latter admitted she was literally taken aback by the very high quality of projects in development and keen to follow up on two-three projects for world sales and French distribution in 2026-2027.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
14 June 2025
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Perez admitted nailing an ace isn't solely based on skill.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
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Lembas is a new peptide ingredient company that enters the market today with intentions of partnering with CPG brands to create food products that target the GLP-1 hormone.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Medik8’s peptide products have become a growth engine for it in the U.S. market, which the brand entered in 2023.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
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Corey Feldman, Sean Astin and Ke Huy Quan were among the stars who took a moment to reflect on the major milestone Feldman documented his nostalgic visit to Astoria, Oregon, where the 1985 movie was filmed The Goonies turns 40!—
Grace Harrington,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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Bitdefender prevailed in some areas, such as pricing and ransomware protection, while Norton took the win for hands-on test scores and firewall defenses, for example.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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“Receive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receive. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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