acknowledged

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In a February town hall with Gates Foundation employees, Gates acknowledged it was a mistake to meet with Epstein and said he had not engaged in any illicit conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

McKinley acknowledged that much of that recovery process — for the unique trees, and otherwise — “is a big TBD.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

During Tuesday's event at Houston's Johnson Space Center, John Couluris of Blue Origin acknowledged the "significant anomaly" but insisted they will be ready for Artemis 3 on time.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The Iran team twice acknowledged victims of the airstrike during the Iran national anthem before warmup matches in March.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

This would not have puzzled Duhem, who specifically formulated his thesis to address modern physics; he acknowledged that it did not apply, for example, to nineteenth-century biology.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton