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The phrase "accepting at face value" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe the act of believing something without questioning or doubting it.
Example: "When presented with the evidence, she was hesitant to accept it at face value, wanting to investigate further."
Alternatives: "taking at face value" or "believing without question".
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Even accepting at face value Quon's and his co-plaintiffs' claims that the Fourth Amendment applies to their messages, the city's search was reasonable, and thus did not violate the Amendment.
After lesser crimes, Mr Paisley used to lambast his fellow unionists for accepting at face value the avowed commitment to peace of Sinn Fein, the IRA's political wing, and mock the police for hesitating to attribute guilt.
Kenneth C. Brill, the director of the National Counterproliferation Center, created to track programs like Iran's and North Korea's, cautioned against accepting at face value Tehran's recent claims about producing enriched uranium and plans to produce 54,000 centrifuges.
Rather, it seems a legitimate effort to have a voice in shaping what is built in our communities instead of accepting at face value the plans floated by distant corporations.
Conflict sometimes arises because the committed point of view is likely to begin from a more conservative stance, accepting at face value the scriptural accounts of events, whereas the "secular" historian may be more skeptical, especially of records of miraculous events.
Further, the court said that for Zeran to win on his other claims, he had to show that Shannon's conduct in accepting at face value the contents of the e-mail was "reckless" and not merely negligent -- a very high standard of fault.
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To him the world is a puzzle that only fools accept at face value.
Mr. Ramirez contends that his rationale should be accepted at face value.
I have to accept at face value the sincerity of his apology.
"Nothing can be accepted at face value or in words alone," he said.
But Lazarus's factual assertions cannot always be accepted at face value.
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