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admitted

[ad-mit-id] / ædˈmɪt ɪd /
ADJECTIVE
avowed
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ADVERB
granted
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In October 2008, Greenspan admitted that he had put too much faith in the free-market and had given insufficient attention to the dangers of sub-prime lending.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

In an interview after leaving office, Greenspan admitted that he had been deliberately cryptic in his public statements in order to discourage market players from trading on his remarks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Playing Catch-Up: Elon Musk has admitted SpaceX lags behind rivals like OpenAI, Anthropic and even Google and Chinese open-source models in the race to build out AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

He also admitted he’d only recently learned what the day even was, and hadn’t been aware that his White House had released statements honoring the day for the previous three years.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026

“I didn’t know she was real,” I finally admitted.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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