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acquisition collapse: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"; something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"

time-honored collapse: acceptable for a long time; "time-honored customs"; honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions"

everyday collapse: commonplace and ordinary; "the familiar everyday world"; found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

customary collapse: in accordance with convention or custom; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake"

traditional collapse: consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality"; pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished"

pursuit collapse: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"; a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"

widespread collapse: widely circulated or diffused; "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war"

prescriptive collapse: pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

usual collapse: occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"

accepted collapse: generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work"; generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"; "the undisputed fact"; widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist; widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent"; generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and melody"; "three accepted types of pump"

purchase collapse: the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"; a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation"; something acquired by purchase

conventional collapse: following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"; unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"; (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"; in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"; conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"; represented in simplified or symbolic form

established collapse: introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church"; shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; "the established facts in the case"; securely established; "an established reputation"; "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"

popular collapse: (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people); carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"; regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"

regulation collapse: the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"; the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular; an authoritative rule; (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered; the state of being controlled or governed; prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment"

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