acknowledge

Example Sentences

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Universities—and parents—often prefer to call them leaves rather than acknowledge that the students are dropping out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

In another particularly grotesque moment of that hearing, Bondi refused to acknowledge the row of Epstein’s survivors sitting behind her.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

The fact that credit markets had been at record-tight levels running into the Iranian war heightens the vulnerability of credit markets, although Bergeron did acknowledge the market reaction thus far has been phlegmatic.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

“We acknowledge that there may be more war and pain in the Middle East, but that doesn’t mean stocks will continue to follow that trend,” said Alexander Guiliano, CIO at Resonate Wealth Partners.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Sprat went on to acknowledge that there were some hardliners who were so hostile to all aspects of ancient learning that they wanted to abolish Oxford and Cambridge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton