acknowledge
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After the 2025 fires in southern California even pols like Mr. Newsom at least pretended to acknowledge the need to manage the Golden State’s landscape aggressively to reduce fire risk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Reifel's former boss, Police Chief Michelle Kott, told the BBC that while the department respects his decision, "I would be less than candid if I didn't acknowledge my disappointment in losing another police officer".
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The researchers acknowledge that other factors not measured in the study may have contributed to the results.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Yet even my former boyfriend from England, who I imagine having grown up with a silver spoon, would go on to acknowledge to me that Olive Garden was good in spite of his initial skepticism.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
It still felt strange to acknowledge it, like answering to a name that didn’t belong or slipping into clothes that weren’t quite the right size, but she made herself say it in her head.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing acknowledge
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 1
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Nothing But the Truth
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