admitting

present participle of admit
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as in owning (up)
to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid I admit to some suspicions about the new neighbors

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Recent Examples of admitting Pep Guardiola, the City manager, was magnanimous in admitting his side rode their luck during the early stages. Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025 Paranoid schizophrenia read one admitting diagnosis, though most say Richard had bipolar disorder. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 On Tuesday, Apple filed for a preliminary settlement in Oakland’s federal court without admitting wrongdoing. Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 2 Jan. 2025 Effectively, this is admitting that watches speak socially for us—at least to those who pay them any heed, which is far more common nowadays than ever, as watches have become massively popular. Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025 These include starting a new team, relocating an existing team in another market, or elevating the Phoenix Rising from a lower league and admitting it as an MLS expansion team. Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024 After admitting pass interference was one of his top worries for the NFL, Gruden suggested the league adopt a penalty similar to what college football enforces. Chantz Martin, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024 The North Carolina lawmaker, however, stopped short of admitting frustration with those GOP figures. Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024 The United Kingdom has a higher proportion of heavy drinkers, with just over 40 percent of those ages 15 and over admitting consuming at least six alcoholic drinks in one sitting in the last month. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admitting
Verb
  • News of Washington receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom first surfaced in 2022, with Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles also listed as an honoree at the time.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • For example, a student may depend more heavily on the bus to get to school—as opposed to having a parent who can drive them or receiving a car on their 16th birthday.
    Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The most effective well-being strategy, which also improves the bottom line, is building trust, showing care, being respectful, not judging, acknowledging, listening to understand, setting clear expectations and holding people accountable.
    Forbes, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Processing emotions fully—by acknowledging them, exploring their roots and reframing the narrative—helps to close the mental loop.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Though that sentence could also have stopped after four words, the statistics really are bad — conceding around one goal every 10 corners faced.
    Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • No top-flight side has shipped more in this period of a game, with Villa conceding early and late through repeatable scenarios.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • By then, Penn State was already on its way to the Big Ten, with the Presidents of the league’s Universities agreeing in June 1990 to make the Nittany Lions the conference’s 11th school.
    Tim Casey, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • By halfway through the 2025 ceremony, the internet was pretty unanimous in agreeing that Glaser ate and left no crumbs.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Admitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admitting. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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