The phrase "accepted to extend" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of agreeing to prolong or increase something, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "The committee accepted to extend the deadline for submissions."
Alternatives: "agreed to extend" or "approved the extension".
The State Department of Labor is accepting applications to extend residents' unemployment benefits beyond 39 weeks, in case Congress extends such benefits.
Stacy Albin (NYT) Correction: January 7 , 2003 Tuesday A report in the Metro Briefing column on Wednesday about the New Jersey Labor Department's announcement that it is accepting applications to extend unemployment benefits misstated the period for which the benefits are currently available.
"The government has accepted the request to extend the deadline for the completion of repatriation of Somali refugees, and this is essential to the closure of the Dadaab refugee complex, [in] six months," said interior minister Joseph Ole Nkaissery.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Citing concerns about the national debt, a handful of conservative state legislators have blocked a vote to accept federal money to extend unemployment benefits, effectively cutting financial assistance for more than 10,000 out-of-work residents next week.
Greece's Eurozone partners have been urging voters to accept creditors' terms to extend the $270-billion package of loans the country received in the past five years -- even though the offer technically expired when the government missed a payment to the IMF on Tuesday.
Other Eurozone countries have been urging Greeks to accept their proposals to extend the $270-billion package of loans the country received in the last five years, even though the offer technically expired Tuesday after the failure of talks between Athens and its creditors.
Democrats in the Virginia legislature have tried in vain for six years to persuade their GOP counterparts that accepting federal dollars to extend Medicaid coverage to poor adults is the right thing to do.
It will have to decide whether to accept Osborne's decision to extend austerity for another year.
His statement was the first definite word from Macedonia's government that it would accept NATO's advice to extend for three months, beginning Jan . 1 the mandate of 1,000 troops to guard civilian monitors and defuse tensions between security forces and the former rebels.
But for now Missouri, with an unemployment rate above 9 percent, is the only state that has stopped accepting dedicated federal money to extend payments to 99 weeks from 79 .(A number of states never joined when the program was initially offered).
