acknowledgment
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Whether that acknowledgment will translate into meaningful action remains to be seen.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
It is an acknowledgment that something is going badly wrong with how AI’s gains are being distributed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Most fans of baseball, delayed gratification and compounding interest know about Bobby Bonilla Day, an annual acknowledgment of the dawn of deferred contracts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Williams remained low-key about her singles return on Sunday, with her only acknowledgment being a repost of Wimbledon’s announcement on her Instagram Story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Hello, Alexander,” she says, dipping her head in acknowledgment to the man who has appeared behind them without a sound, not even disturbing the rose petals strewn across the floor.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
One by one, my classmates from elementary school are turning 70, and the celebrations and acknowledgments are moving through our lives like Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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
Others have been told they should drop land acknowledgments — proclamations paying tribute to the Indigenous peoples who were this region’s first human inhabitants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
To Mr. Bennet’s acknowledgments he briefly replied, with assurance of his eagerness to promote the welfare of any of his family; and concluded with entreaties that the subject might never be mentioned to him again.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing acknowledgment
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The Tale of Despereaux
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