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acknowledgment

[ak-nol-ij-muhnt] / ækˈnɒl ɪdʒ mənt /




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Or an acknowledgment that not all cats are as cool as they pretend to be.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

It’s an official acknowledgment, however indirect, that the fate of Chinese equities now runs through Wall Street and, some say, Seoul of all places.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

They’re giving you the information, and the acknowledgment of, ‘OK, now you can tell everybody.’

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

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

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

In acknowledgment of the University of California’s tolerant hospitality toward a laboratory that was now devoted almost entirely to government work, Lawrence dubbed the new unit the calutron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

Even among the analysts who reaffirmed a buy or buy-equivalent rating following Oracle’s print, there were acknowledgments of heightened risk.

From MarketWatch Dec. 11, 2025

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

A few of these reports have included amusing “to be sure” paragraphs, to use trade lingo: brief acknowledgments of some contrary argument or analogous trend.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 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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