ac·knowl·edged | \ ik-ˈnä-lijd 
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, ak- \Definition of acknowledged
: generally recognized, accepted, or admitted
an acknowledged expert
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acknowledgedly \ ik-ˈnä-lijd-lē , -li-jəd- , ak- \ adverb
, -li-jəd- , ak- \ adverbExamples of acknowledged in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Cindric began this season as Xfinity's acknowledged road course master, with two 2019 wins, but hadn't won on an oval track.
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Michael Knight, The Arizona Republic, "4 going for No. 1: NASCAR Xfinity championship to be decided Saturday at Phoenix Raceway," 5 Nov. 2020 Mike Burkholder, publisher of East County Today, defended Turnage in an opinion piece, while acknowledged Turnage is a friend of his.
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Tara Law, Time, "California City Official Ousted After Saying COVID-19 Could 'Fix' Burdens on Society If Allowed to Spread," 3 May 2020 George Air Force Base closed in 1992, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the acknowledged end of the Cold War.
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Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, "Watch This Pilot Fly Over a Runway with 400 Unused Airline Jets," 24 Apr. 2020 Ahead of her time, Apgar had trouble finding people to work for her until anesthesia became a more acknowledged specialty in the 1940s, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Mahita Gajanan, Time, "Google Doodle Honors Dr. Virginia Apgar, the Anesthesiologist Credited With Saving Many Newborn Babies' Lives," 7 June 2018 And to a significant, if little acknowledged extent, the Bay Area was the stimulus for much of its mind-set.
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Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Four radical and radically original pieces of music that blew up the modernist status quo in 1968," 21 Apr. 2018 One of the more enduring norms of Congress was that evidence vetted by acknowledged experts would frame debate and deliberation.
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E.j. Dionne Jr., The Atlantic, "How the GOP Prompted the Decay of Political Norms," 30 Oct. 2016 The dogs eye the camera much the way commuters glance at one another on the train, and their gazes run a familiar gamut: offhand suspicion, manic interest, mutually acknowledged exhaustion, utter bemusement, mind-your-own-business, can-anyone-help.
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Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, "The Resplendent Humanity of Dogs, Up Close," 18 May 2017 Mr. Mengelberg’s dissonant harmonies and unorthodox phrasing were reminiscent of Thelonious Monk, an acknowledged influence.
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Peter Keepnews, New York Times, "Misha Mengelberg, Bold and Spirited Jazz Pianist, Dies at 81," 14 Mar. 2017
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adjectiveac·knowl·edged | \ ik-ˈnä-lijd , ak- \
, ak- \Kids Definition of acknowledged
: generally accepted
Sam Adams was the acknowledged ringleader.— Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain
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The first known use of acknowledged was in 1548
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