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or acknowledgement
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as in award
a formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed
an acknowledgment to the food committee for the delicious refreshments
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as in confession
an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself
a surprising acknowledgment that he had been faking his injury in order to scam the insurance company
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Recent Examples of acknowledgment
Taken without our consent, without payment, without even the courtesy of acknowledgment.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Consent must be separate from other agreements and may not be bundled with terms of service or other privacy acknowledgments.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
No acknowledgment of the innocents — including U.S. citizens — swept up in some of the Trump administration’s indiscriminate raids.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
And this acknowledgment of nuance, complexity, and ambiguity in the politics of identity is without a doubt another thing Willy shared with Joyce.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Consent must be separate from other agreements and may not be bundled with terms of service or other privacy acknowledgments.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
No acknowledgment of the innocents — including U.S. citizens — swept up in some of the Trump administration’s indiscriminate raids.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
And this acknowledgment of nuance, complexity, and ambiguity in the politics of identity is without a doubt another thing Willy shared with Joyce.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for acknowledgment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acknowledgment
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This means taking positive press mentions or third-party validation (like interviews, features or awards) and weaving them into email campaigns, sales decks or social posts to build trust with new audiences. 3.—
Gianluca Ferruggia,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The maximum possible award was $7,395 during the 2024-25 school year.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
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The feed surfaces chats containing legal dilemmas, therapy discussions, and deeply personal confessions, often linked to real accounts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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What’s her initial reaction to his big confession there?—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
28 June 2025
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While this is certainly the case to a degree, what’s missing in many of these accounts is any mention of the Dutch.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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At a dinner with their former literature grad students, Lydie clasps Agnes’ hand under the table at the mention of their former thesis adviser.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
4 July 2025
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Two more have been recommended for confirmation but are awaiting that vote, and another nominee was rejected by the Senate earlier this year.—
Stacey Barchenger,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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In 2022, the most recent year data is available in the monitoring report, Ohio had both the highest sightings and confirmations of black bears on record.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
8 July 2025
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Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the funeral liturgy and delivered the final commendation and valediction.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
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In keeping with tradition, the Mass will include a homily and communion and end with a final commendation and farewell.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
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The south Sacramento numbers were part of the more than 34,500 citations issued by the CHP statewide during the patrol’s Independence Day weekend enforcement crackdown.—
Darrell Smith
July 9,
Sacbee.com,
9 July 2025
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Should the city see any revenue collected from citations, the money is supposed to be reinvested in traffic safety programs.—
Shawn Raymundo,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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“Acknowledgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acknowledgment. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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