How to Use acknowledged in a Sentence

acknowledged

adjective
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  • And to a significant, if little acknowledged extent, the Bay Area was the stimulus for much of its mind-set.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • But the number of rockets marked an increase from a pair of launches that triggered Israel’s first acknowledged air attacks in southern Lebanon in years.
    — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
  • And less acknowledged, two centuries of ships sailing from here, financed by the Boston elite, to move human chattel and goods around the Atlantic and Caribbean.
    — New York Times, 2 July 2021
  • Cindric began this season as Xfinity's acknowledged road course master, with two 2019 wins, but hadn't won on an oval track.
    — Michael Knight, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The military in 2019 acknowledged existence of White Wolf in a right-wing Israeli publication.
    — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • One of the more enduring norms of Congress was that evidence vetted by acknowledged experts would frame debate and deliberation.
    — E.j. Dionne Jr., The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2016
  • The recommendations of advisory panels, which consist of acknowledged experts in their fields, are generally accepted by the FDA.
    — Thomas M. Burton, WSJ, 11 June 2021
  • The dogs eye the camera much the way commuters glance at one another on the train, and their gazes run a familiar gamut: offhand suspicion, manic interest, mutually acknowledged exhaustion, utter bemusement, mind-your-own-business, can-anyone-help.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 18 May 2017
  • The acknowledged effect would be to increase the number of students from predominantly black and Hispanic neighborhoods while decreasing the number from predominantly white and Chinese-American neighborhoods.
    — Ira Stoll, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Mr. Mengelberg’s dissonant harmonies and unorthodox phrasing were reminiscent of Thelonious Monk, an acknowledged influence.
    — Peter Keepnews, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2017

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