as in admitted
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly
owned up to damaging the car
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Verb
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Green then shifted into a rare moment of veteran self-awareness and admitted the Warriors are in a transitional phase, but insisted the pedigree matters more than the box score.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026 -
In its older sense, inheritance names not the transfer of possessions but the condition of being recognized and admitted into an existing set of relations and responsibilities.—
Emilie Hardman,
JSTOR Daily,
6 May 2026
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However, Bryant’s uncle, Raymond Bryant, testified during the other men’s criminal trial that his nephew had confessed to the shooting.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2026
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The arrest form says Womble confessed to shooting at her dodge charger.—
Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The firm conceded in its report that the information may have instead come from a source outside of the board.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Dick conceded that there was some avoidance on his side, too.—
Janet W. Lee,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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Udine acknowledged that his idea was in its earliest stage, and there’s no way to know whether the county will even be in the running to purchase the property.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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The gains are real, McDermott acknowledged—ServiceNow has logged them itself, saving half a billion dollars in 2025 through its own internal AI deployment.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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“Owned (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owned%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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