acknowledge
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Speaking at an event in the Bahamas celebrating local youth on Tuesday, the King said the country's culture was "born out of darkness", and it was "only right" to acknowledge historic injustices.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
And she kept saying “sí” to acknowledge Venegas’ points, as a native speaker would.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
“We acknowledge that in the last few years, we have dedicated a lot of time to merchants and a lot of investment to merchants,” Lores said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The Center for Institutional Courage’s 12 steps call on institutions to welcome truth-tellers, respond well to disclosures, acknowledge harm and sustain the resources needed for change.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
As the network pundits would later acknowledge, choosing Barack Obama to speak to an audience of millions had been a mighty gamble.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Harbath doesn’t think the timing of the change was down to the bad publicity created by Haugen, although she acknowledges it could have looked that way.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Anthropic also acknowledges it is holding itself back: its safety measures "could slow our capability gains relative to competitors that do not adopt similar constraints."
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The real Evans later acknowledges withholding some details from Holmes, explaining that she had enough on her mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Kollias acknowledges that AI bias from dirty data is "an important concern".
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Forty minutes go by before anyone acknowledges my presence with more than a harried nod.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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He acknowledged that forcibly seizing Eritrea's Assab port could trigger a regional security crisis, but is unconcerned.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
He acknowledged there can be troubling practices in the industry, but “it’s a useful product for small business,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
NPO acknowledged that some Dutch fans may be disappointed, but that the contest would still be aired in the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Rupert Bowers KC, for Nivalda Pirjani, acknowledged in court that "of course" her sentence was lenient, but that the sentencing judge "considered all of the factors".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
When Gustavus Swift died suddenly in 1903, acknowledged by the Tribune as having “revolutionized the industry,” his son Louis filled his shoes without missing a beat.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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“In all the silence that I’ve been giving, I’ve been living a lot of life, and I’ve been enjoying it for myself,” she said, acknowledging there is a “huge” age gap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
She remains constructive on the AI cycle, while acknowledging expectations leave less room for disappointment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
“By not acknowledging the deaths, the CDC obscures the seriousness of this disease and the toll of measles across the U.S.,”
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
A Saudi official, acknowledging as much, says: “For decades now, and on into the future, relations with the U.S. is our most important bilateral relationship.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Ku’oosh continued slowly, in a soft chanting voice, saying, “Maybe you don’t know some of these things,” vaguely acknowledging the distant circumstance of an absent white father.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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