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acknowledge

[ak-nol-ij] / ækˈnɒl ɪdʒ /




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The researchers acknowledge that the study has limitations.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Therapists acknowledge that chatbots can provide support for people when a therapist isn’t necessarily available, such as between visits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

The White House also wants Iran to publicly acknowledge that firing on the shipping was a mistake, CBS reports.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

News outlets Axios and Politico reported that Washington has given Tehran until Saturday to stop firing on commercial ships transiting Hormuz and acknowledge the waterway is open.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

It is not simply a matter of refusing to acknowledge an obvious, though uncomfortable, truth.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

In its way, the new “Little House” acknowledges that Wilder’s mythology is one of the most potent in our literary canon.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

“We speculate that once Meta acknowledges defeat in the frontier model race, it will go back to its roots of being a critical contributor to the progress of AI through open source,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The study itself acknowledges that thick local rainforest would make "safari-style" encounters unlikely.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

But she acknowledges that being barred from running would "undoubtedly be painful".

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

It’s almost like he acknowledges that I saved him—and that we will never speak of this again.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Boyer acknowledged yelling at Fain about the decision, because Fain claimed—falsely, Boyer said—that monitor Barofsky wouldn’t allow the hire.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

In a separate statement, Vault acknowledged Regis’s decision and said it intends to terminate their deal and enter into a definitive agreement with Genesis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Indira Duggirala, co-chair of the Democratic National Committee's Interfaith Council, acknowledged that there has been a "vacuum in that religious space in Democratic politics."

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

Its authors acknowledged that mechanistic evidence remains limited.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

If Jefferson seemed predestined to tell people what they wanted to hear, Adams now acknowledged that his own destiny was just the opposite: to tell them what they needed to know.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

He faced ridicule after belatedly acknowledging that he played tennis during the day, a detail that was left out his initial accounts.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Cuba has long been failing economically, with the regime itself acknowledging the decline.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Whether the country’s 250th birthday feels like a rare civic milestone to celebrate or not depends, for many, on acknowledging the harsh truths of our era.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

While acknowledging Seedance’s popularity and its U.S. expansion, Amit Jain, chief executive of Luma, said its ceiling in Hollywood is severely limited.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

Maybe the value is in the process—in touching each item, in naming and identifying, in acknowledging the significance of a cardigan, a pair of children’s boots.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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