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acknowledge

[ak-nol-ij] / ækˈnɒl ɪdʒ /




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At this point it’s worth stepping back to acknowledge the strangeness of all this.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

“The goal is not to deny the disappointment, but to acknowledge it without becoming trapped in it.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

“That piece is labor-intensive, let me acknowledge that.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

In a statement, Southampton said, external they and Eckert "acknowledge today's charges from the FA relating to a breach of rule E3.1".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

I took the risk of talking to a few local lawyers about whether the new prosecutor might acknowledge that the conviction was unreliable and support a new trial if there was compelling new evidence.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The rules linking a sequence to a finished organism—biology’s “generative grammar”—remain, he acknowledges, a forbidding problem that may never fully yield.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The criticism surrounding Fire Point has had at least one tangible consequence, she acknowledges: some projects with foreign partners were delayed for several months for additional compliance procedures.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

He acknowledges it has received insurance industry sponsorships in the past.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

And he acknowledges that lack of IGF-1 in Laron patients is a "major factor" contributing to the low number of incidences of cancer.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The boy acknowledges neither question nor questioner as he passes.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Cooper acknowledged that the person he identified as YG was wearing a black balaclava that exposed only the area around his eyes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Krishna acknowledged that IBM’s cultural transition has lagged his expectations, noting that such changes always take longer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Still, some tech executives have acknowledged that they think the overall workforce will shrink, while others say AI will create new jobs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Former City manager Pep Guardiola previously acknowledged the difficulty of giving academy graduates opportunities in a team that consistently compete for major honours.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Emma’s confusion, and the acknowledged intimacy, seemed to declare her affection engaged.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Despite acknowledging subtle differences with Lindsey—“I have my own way of doing things,” she wrote in a note to constituents last week—she has emphasized that they shared the “same values.”

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

While acknowledging the two countries had "significant differences", Rubio said they would "have to work through those".

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

One cannot examine the past without acknowledging that we look back from the perspective of where we stand.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

While acknowledging the oil crisis of 1973, and the fact unions were more powerful then, he said inflation didn’t stop accelerating.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

My first inclination is to wave, of course, but since we’re not at the Park, would acknowledging him be a violation of the Secrets Act?

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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