as in admitting
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly
owned up to damaging the car
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for owning (up to)
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This disconnect may also trickle into relationships, with 29% of parents admitting raising kids has caused tension with their partner.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
10 Oct. 2025 -
The legal matter of admitting ChatGPT evidence remains mostly uncharted.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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Bundy was later executed in 1989 after confessing to 30 murders while on death row, just five years after Gein died from a respiratory ailment.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Nickerson was immediately terminated after confessing to the behavior, McKinzie wrote in an email to the congregation at the time.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Sep. 2025
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In addition to acknowledging the inappropriate or uncomfortable comment and framing it as something positive—the truth—you’re signaling your desire to change the course of the conversation, says Jenny Shields, a psychologist in Houston.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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Kennedy was also known for publicly acknowledging her struggles with alcoholism and depression, something that few prominent women in America did at the time.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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After conceding three more counter-attack goals at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan last weekend, there’s an increasing feeling that when the press doesn’t quite click, things are more liable to go spectacularly wrong.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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History has taught us what happens when antisemitism is rewarded—Neville Chamberlain and other weak leaders signed the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding to Adolf Hitler’s demands.—
Ofir Akunis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Owning (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owning%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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