Example Sentences

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Part-time spinner Tryon opened from the other end, suggesting South Africa were acknowledging they had made a mistake with their selection.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

Steven Horsford, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said he was glad Republicans were acknowledging the importance of recruiting women and minorities.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024

At that meeting in September of 2002, Aziz concisely summed up a reality that few U.S. media outlets were acknowledging.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2023

At the time, school districts and education organizations across the country were promising to better serve their students and families of color and were acknowledging how they’d fallen short.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

Here, the historians were acknowledging, they were under a particular obligation to study the history of science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton