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acknowledgment

[ak-nol-ij-muhnt] / ækˈnɒl ɪdʒ mənt /




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Whether that acknowledgment will translate into meaningful action remains to be seen.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

But it’s an acknowledgment that California needs to do better, and a road map to get there.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

It is an acknowledgment that something is going badly wrong with how AI’s gains are being distributed.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

They are silent because asking for acknowledgment violates the man code.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

“Good morning, Mr. Rosen,” her mother said with a brief nod of acknowledgment.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

One by one, my classmates from elementary school are turning 70, and the celebrations and acknowledgments are moving through our lives like Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Kennedy halted the FDA-backed proposal that would have restricted sunlamp products to users 18 and older and required warning acknowledgments about cancer risks.

From Salon May 9, 2026

Death crosses are more acknowledgments that the trend has extended long enough and/or fallen far enough to be taken seriously, and aren’t necessarily meant to be good market-timing signals.

From MarketWatch Mar. 14, 2026

So after faculty were urged to add land acknowledgments to their syllabi, Mr. Reges had a subversive idea.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

I told Great-great-aunt Florentine I’d give her credit in the acknowledgments.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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