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Three example sentences with acceptor, each labelled with its topic.
Ammonia hands its spare pair to the acceptor, and the two molecules lock together far more tightly than expected.
Science
In the final step of respiration, oxygen serves as the acceptor, taking what the chain passes down and forming water.
Medicine
Sensor films rely on a boron trifluoride acceptor, which takes a lone pair from any amine drifting past and shifts color.
Technology
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