- present participle of acknowledge.
acknowledging
Example Sentences
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The environmental initiative was shelved in 2013 by president Rafael Correa, who authorized crude extraction in the Yasuni National Park after acknowledging the plan's economic failure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Then, it relented, acknowledging the passage didn’t exist and telling Turkle: “Oh, you are a tenacious and rigorous researcher.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Burnham promised to convene a summit with fire services, acknowledging the government had not supplied enough resources to deal with wildfires.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Indeed, there is frustration within parts of the SNP that she has sought to criticise, without acknowledging her own role in some of its recent difficulties.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Here, the historians were acknowledging, they were under a particular obligation to study the history of science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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