acknowledge

In a sentence

Six example sentences with acknowledge, each labelled with its topic.

• The authors acknowledge that their sample came from a single hospital, which limits how far the finding travels.

  Science

• It took three quarters for the board to acknowledge that the new region would never reach its forecast.

  Business

• Even rival coaches acknowledge that her footwork in the post is the best in the league right now.

  Basketball

• The minister finally acknowledged that the bridge would open two years late, a fact every local paper had printed months earlier.

  Politics

• The defendant acknowledged signing the lease but disputed every claim about what the landlord had promised verbally.

  Law

• Therapists often ask clients simply to acknowledge an emotion by name, since naming it tends to take away some of its force.

  Psychology

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