How to Use acknowledgment in a Sentence
acknowledgment
noun
- Special acknowledgments will be made at the end of the meeting.
- He paid the fine without acknowledgment of his guilt.
- He's the first person mentioned in the book's acknowledgments.
- We sent an acknowledgment that we received their letter.
- He never received an acknowledgment of his payment.
- They presented him with an award in acknowledgment of his charitable work.
- He has finally received the acknowledgment he deserves for his charitable work.
- They made several public acknowledgments of their company's mistake.
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Lent is an acknowledgment of the 40 days the Bible says Christ spent in the wilderness.
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Maria Carter,
Country Living,
16 Mar. 2023
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This was such a nice acknowledgment of all these years on the road.
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Staff Author,
Peoplemag,
2 Aug. 2022
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School prayer and the Bible are in, drag shows and the acknowledgment of trans people are out.
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Laura Jedeed,
The New Republic,
9 Aug. 2022
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One is the acknowledgment that Covid-19 is here to stay.
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Katia Hetter,
CNN,
17 Aug. 2022
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And yet to what gain, since an acknowledgment now would be forced?
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Amy Dickinson,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 Jan. 2023
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Is there any acknowledgment of the sexism and misogyny of that time in the film? .
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Shirley Halperin,
Variety,
19 May 2022
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More of that and an acknowledgment/thanks for reporters’ work was also in the notes.
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Michael Casagrande | [email protected],
al,
10 Aug. 2022
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Stay open to little gifts of acknowledgment along the way!
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Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Sep. 2022
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But beneath the bravado was an acknowledgment of the work ahead.
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Jonathan Weisman,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The choice of a gel instead of soil was made in acknowledgment of the growing scarcity of soil resources on earth as well as in space.
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Shoshanna Solomon,
Fortune,
13 June 2022
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The acknowledgment is a feather in the cap for the local tourism industry.
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Cheryl V. Jackson,
The Indianapolis Star,
13 Apr. 2022
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The Man — on its tour to help organize such acknowledgments at each show.
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Lyndsey Havens,
Billboard,
1 Apr. 2024
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But that didn’t sit well with those waiting for acknowledgment of Dion.
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Nardine Saad,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2024
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Church ladies, sitting on stools in their Sunday best, wave their fans and nod in acknowledgment.
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Hilton Als,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2024
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Yet to what gain, because an acknowledgment now would be forced?
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Amy Dickinson,
Washington Post,
16 Jan. 2023
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The rule was also an acknowledgment that some teams were unwilling to do so on their own.
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Clara Ence Morse,
Washington Post,
21 Sep. 2022
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Many public events start with an acknowledgment of the traditional owners of the land the event is held on.
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Yan Zhuang,
New York Times,
21 Oct. 2023
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The award is intended as an acknowledgment of a restaurant’s potential to be named to the list at some point in the future.
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Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2024
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Absent is an acknowledgment that the tourists weren’t the only people whom many New Yorkers were glad to see gone.
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Zoë Beery,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2022
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That’s meaningful work, and this acknowledgment will go a long way.
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Misty Dykema,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2024
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Somebody Somewhere ends with an acknowledgment that life will always be hard and this place may never feel fully like a home, but Sam can survive and be happy here, and that’s more than enough.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2024
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As the sun and Chiron harmonize, professional acknowledgment is healing and comes with extra financial perks!
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USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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