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acknowledgment

[ak-nol-ij-muhnt] / ækˈnɒl ɪdʒ mənt /




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Plagiarism can be defined as the appropriation of someone else’s words or ideas without acknowledgment or compensation.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

As scholar Sheila Jasanoff asserts, sound democratic governance requires epistemic humility—an explicit acknowledgment of the limits of scientific certainty in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The rare opinion piece serves as Ellison’s acknowledgment that his family’s close association with President Trump has sullied his standing in Hollywood and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Whether that acknowledgment will translate into meaningful action remains to be seen.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

At first Prendergast thought the smiling was an acknowledgment that soon he would be in charge, but now he saw it as something else.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

“He is in every meaningful sense the paper’s human co-author,” Claude wrote in the acknowledgments section.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Kennedy halted the FDA-backed proposal that would have restricted sunlamp products to users 18 and older and required warning acknowledgments about cancer risks.

From Salon May 9, 2026

Death crosses are more acknowledgments that the trend has extended long enough and/or fallen far enough to be taken seriously, and aren’t necessarily meant to be good market-timing signals.

From MarketWatch Mar. 14, 2026

Here the show also makes one of its few acknowledgments of looting’s effects on Cambodian art history.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

I told Great-great-aunt Florentine I’d give her credit in the acknowledgments.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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