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Discover LudwigThe phrase "resigned to accepting" is correct and is regularly used in written English.
It is usually used to express being reluctantly accepting of something that cannot be changed. For example, "The family was resigned to accepting their child's death."
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Among them, the NMC is told to improve its culture of "resigned resilience", which has seen staff either leave rapidly or become resigned to accepting poor standards.
Inspector Thelemarque Dielph was resigned to accepting help from abroad.
Senate Democrats seemed wearily resigned to accepting the agreement.
By Tuesday morning, both leaders seemed resigned to accepting it.
Yet Davis is resigned to accepting the attention accompanying his new job.
But Cameron appeared resigned to accepting he would not achieve his original target figure of €886bn.
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Are we resigned to accept the unacceptable?
He resigned to accept an appointment by President Grover Cleveland as surveyor of the port of Baltimore.
He succeeds William S. Farish, who resigned to accept the ambassadorship to Britain.
Ball State Coach Brady Hoke has resigned to accept the same position at San Diego State.
Across Texas, school districts and chambers of commerce seemed resigned to accept the amendment.
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