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recognition

[rek-uhg-nish-uhn] / ˌrɛk əgˈnɪʃ ən /




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Britain’s Queen Camilla in April granted ME+EM a royal warrant, a recognition for companies that regularly supply goods to the royal household.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

“They had not received any recognition for their efforts. We were all new to the business. The artists that we met then are now the primary artists representing the African American community.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Together, their work has revealed a fundamental property of magnetic matter that escaped recognition for more than a century, opening an entirely new direction for research into quantum physics and future electronic technologies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

One campaign group has welcomed the recognition that vaccine injury and bereavement is real and that the current scheme is not fit for purpose.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

They observed how timbre is recognized at the mammalian primary auditory cortex to predict human sound source recognition.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Islamic programs exist alongside recognitions created for Jewish, Hindu and numerous Christian Girl Scouts, among others.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

“Having those awards and recognitions from precisely the spaces that you’re making films to represent, it really validates the work,” Eduvijes Carrera said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026

"Particularly the recent recognitions of the State of Palestine by key countries, the successful United Nations conference in New York, and the historic declaration issued therein."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025

Analysts said, however, that the right would likely agree to some changes to appease voters, including on areas like expanded social rights, consumer protections and Indigenous recognitions.

From Reuters ● May 8, 2023

These steps had after the first flush of reaction inevitably had to be communications of my state, recognitions and admissions; which had the effect, I hasten to add, of producing sympathies, supports and reassurances.

From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James


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