ACKNOWLEDGING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

acknowledging

verb

present participle of acknowledge

as in admitting

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly finally had to acknowledge that she'd outgrown her favorite jacket

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Recent Examples of acknowledging Luiz understands that aspect, too, acknowledging that Sporting KC needed him four separate times during Thursday’s news conference. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 The study described the importance of reducing stigma about cognitive decline, helping people care for their brains to decrease dementia risk and acknowledging the impacts dementia has on families and households. — Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 For this filmmaking couple, reaching maturity as artists forged in the complex context of a modern colony hinges on acknowledging their limitations and still persevering. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Lampkin’s football story is about suspending disbelief and acknowledging exceptions to prototypes. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The authors, while acknowledging limits of the study, said the results were encouraging. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026 The Foos collab was sandwiched in between Friday and Sunday concerts where the focus was on acknowledging Dudamel’s connections to Latin American and specifically Venezuelan music. — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026 This phrase is a complicated way of simply acknowledging the fact that Pluto sits within the Kuiper Belt, a vast swarm of bodies that go around the sun in similar orbits beyond Neptune. — Mike Brown, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026 Analysts remain cautiously optimistic, acknowledging progress but awaiting sustained profit and traffic growth. — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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Joe wastes no time admitting this was a side quest of personal satisfaction.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2026
Two of the industry's biggest players, days apart, admitting the same thing.

— Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of admitting

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Of course, confessing to any involvement in Haleigh’s disappearance could also land Trinity in a lot more trouble.

— Dateline NBC, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
After posting a video earlier this week asking if anyone else couldn’t stop purchasing diamonds via TikTok, his comment section quickly flooded with more than a thousand replies from people across the country, all confessing their little secret.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of confessing

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Dudley has also produced three assists and can look forward to fixtures against high-conceding teams like Chicago and Louisville in September.

— Karan Lodha, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The Bulls got on the scoreboard straight after halftime, ending New Zealand's streak without conceding at 124 minutes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of conceding

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