Sentence examples for the accepted meaning from inspiring English sources

It distorts the accepted meaning of the Act and reflects a judicial hostility to the FELA of the kind that existed prior to the 1939 amendments.

But any possible ambiguity disappears when the phrase is viewed in the light of history and the accepted meaning of those words prior to and at the time our Constitution was written.

Such a definition would not only make the act impracticable of enforcement and, perhaps, unconstitutional in its application, but would also be an unwarranted departure from the accepted meaning of the words defined'.

Rather than devoting our energies to making an ever stronger case for action on sustainability, we should focus on disputing, refining and evolving the accepted meaning of terms like efficiency, free market, value creation and leadership – words that already strike a chord with the mainstream of global business.

Within the narrow world of Beatles iconomania, where that day has been realized on film at least twice, and has even been the subject of a lengthy book, this is news, though not very big news, since the premonition only adds to the accepted meaning of the meeting: scary, hyper-mature, and aggressive John meets sweet (though sexually precocious) Paul, and something happens.

"The platforms, despite their best efforts, have not been able to deliver a code of practice within the accepted meaning of effective and accountable self-regulation," it quotes the group as saying.

The last New Collegiate to be based upon Webster's Second New International, rather than Webster's Third, does not include "basic or fundamental change" among the accepted meanings of "modify". See Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary 541 (6th ed. 1949).

But this accepted meaning is actually a relatively new definition of the word – an easy, evocative, catch-all term to slap into headlines about any old sadistic weirdo doing something cruel via their internet connection.

But this accepted meaning is actually a relatively new definition of the word an easy, evocative, catch-all term to slap into headlines about any sadistic weirdo who does something cruel via their internet connection.

One is hard pressed to find a definition of adaptation in the literature but the generally accepted meaning of the term is "a trait that enhances the ability of an organism to survive or reproduce".

Not bad in the widely accepted meaning of the word bad, but in the "oh look, I'm cool and use bad to mean good" sense.