recognition
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That left little time for her to form a campaign team, build her name recognition and persuade voters that she would be the best choice to lead the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
He says it is recognition of a growing desire among individuals to live in a "more neighbourly way" - a key motivator for many of the residents at Berry Park.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Ms. Arno’s achievement is to return Celan to mortal scale: ardent in friendship, hungry for recognition, capable of wounded tenderness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
One of Christianity’s deepest convictions is that social standing, respectability and material recognition are not the measures of a life.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
Miss Mortimer clapped her hands three times—clap clap clap!—and everyone laughed in recognition, for who could forget those claps?
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing recognition
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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In the Know: Cogn, Conn
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