acknowledge
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I said something like: “Please don’t go home. Your child needs oxygen. She has pneumonia. We will figure out a way to pay for this, because we acknowledge what we do is expensive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Me and my mother were never really warned properly... but I do acknowledge that there is a lack of research and a lack of options to treating eczema."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
At this point it’s worth stepping back to acknowledge the strangeness of all this.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
“That piece is labor-intensive, let me acknowledge that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
It still felt strange to acknowledge it, like answering to a name that didn’t belong or slipping into clothes that weren’t quite the right size, but she made herself say it in her head.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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The criticism surrounding Fire Point has had at least one tangible consequence, she acknowledges: some projects with foreign partners were delayed for several months for additional compliance procedures.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
He acknowledges it has received insurance industry sponsorships in the past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Willing was a facilitator and a beneficiary of government favoritism, Mr. Vague acknowledges, but that favoritism, adeptly channeled, allowed a fragile government to attract the support of wary capitalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Bailey acknowledges AI is raising new challenges, but he’s optimistic it can help job seekers and employers when used well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
This, his journal acknowledges, turned out to be a "tremendous mistake. ... In extreme July temperatures becomes delirious."
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Farell also acknowledged Burke’s relationship with the teenager was no secret.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Burke has never acknowledged the leaked track was his work, and there is no confirmation that the Celeste mentioned in the song is Celeste Rivas.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
He acknowledged that the program “plays an invaluable role in the lives of many disabled New Yorkers” but agreed with the Justice Department that “it has also fallen prey to widespread waste, abuse and fraud.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Government officials have acknowledged the uptick in attacks by what they say are a small group of extremists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
These standards were not peculiar to any one system of law but were generally acknowledged throughout Europe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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He responded by touting the companies’ “overlap” and collaboration, before acknowledging that he can’t discuss corporate combinations on an earnings call and allowing Tesla’s general counsel to step in.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns Monticello and runs its public educational programs, gradually came around to acknowledging the full subjecthood of Sally Hemings, to the chagrin of some visitors.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Despite acknowledging subtle differences with Lindsey—“I have my own way of doing things,” she wrote in a note to constituents last week—she has emphasized that they shared the “same values.”
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
While acknowledging the two countries had "significant differences", Rubio said they would "have to work through those".
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
She fled to a cousin’s house in the country, disgraced, while the minister kept his post and was deemed a generous man for acknowledging his son.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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