How to Use acknowledge in a Sentence

acknowledge

verb

• She acknowledged the gift with a card.
• Do you acknowledge that you caused this mess?
• She acknowledged his greeting with a smile.
• He quickly acknowledges all of my e-mails when he receives them.
• They acknowledged that the decision was a mistake.
• Please acknowledge receipt of this letter.
• They readily acknowledged their mistake.
• She won't acknowledge responsibility for her actions.
• If your mind wanders, acknowledge it, then nudge yourself to return to listening.
  — Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
• Advocates acknowledge the demand for funds will always be higher than the supply.
  — Dallas News, 27 Dec. 2022
• Tolstrup and Mack acknowledge that their dedication to the tree borders on obsessive.
  — Amy Bushatz, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
• Insurers must acknowledge a claim communication within 7 days, and not 14 days.
  — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2022
• As part of the settlement, the company acknowledged the violation and agreed to compensate affected customers.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
• Even so, experts acknowledge that interviewers today are careful to avoid the kind of interrogation that could call the credibility of a case into question.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
• The letter did not acknowledge the loss of life in the surprise attack that killed 1,200.
  — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
• All Biden will have done is acknowledge what’s true, so he can hardly be blamed.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
• Horst acknowledged the pre-draft process for the Bucks the last few years has been very different from say, a team drafting in the top five or top 10.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2023
• Kody also acknowledged the rift that had formed between him and his boys in an episode that aired in May 2023.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• Lin acknowledges some of the challenges of being a consumer in 2024.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
• Biden then seemed to acknowledge that the issue was settled.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2023
• But, as Biden has acknowledged throughout his time in office, there’s more work to be done.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 July 2024
• To – to acknowledge some of the strengths of your adversaries is – is not having weakness on your own part.
  — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2024
• But the military acknowledges there have been few gains.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• Sophie Brussaux is acknowledging that Drake has been a great dad from the jump.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
• The ad itself also acknowledges that the scenes in the first half of the ad are not real, but rather imagined in a city without conflict.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
• The humorist acknowledged the cuts on his Facebook page.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
• At the end of the night, Sullivan finally forces himself to acknowledge the fangirls in the house.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
• If the movies wouldn’t acknowledge us, how could our families?
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• The least Biden could have done is explicitly acknowledge any of that.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2023
• When asked to clarify, the model acknowledged that Ali did win in a knockout.
  — Chris Wilson, Time, 7 June 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024