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.
  • Is there any acknowledgment of the sexism and misogyny of that time in the film? .
    Shirley Halperin, Variety, 19 May 2022
  • The deal with Apollo is an acknowledgment that filling the hole in its balance sheet had taken precedence over growth.
    Matt Wirz, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
  • This level of acknowledgment typically comes about because of a figure’s resume.
    Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Neeson signals Alex’s frustration and his acknowledgment of defeat.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Despite such recent acknowledgment of their demands for justice, however, former residents are pushing for more.
    Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Good relationships permit, and sometimes require, the expression and acknowledgment of such feelings.
    New York Times, 20 May 2022
  • Analysts are also suspicious about the timing of Pyongyang's acknowledgment of the Covid outbreak.
    Eric Cheung and Will Ripley, CNN, 20 May 2022
  • Lent is an acknowledgment of the 40 days the Bible says Christ spent in the wilderness.
    Maria Carter, Country Living, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This was such a nice acknowledgment of all these years on the road.
    Staff Author, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2022
  • School prayer and the Bible are in, drag shows and the acknowledgment of trans people are out.
    Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
  • One is the acknowledgment that Covid-19 is here to stay.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
  • And yet to what gain, since an acknowledgment now would be forced?
    Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023
  • More of that and an acknowledgment/thanks for reporters’ work was also in the notes.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Stay open to little gifts of acknowledgment along the way!
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2022
  • But beneath the bravado was an acknowledgment of the work ahead.
    Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • 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.
    Shoshanna Solomon, Fortune, 13 June 2022
  • The Man — on its tour to help organize such acknowledgments at each show.
    Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2024
  • But that didn’t sit well with those waiting for acknowledgment of Dion.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Church ladies, sitting on stools in their Sunday best, wave their fans and nod in acknowledgment.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Yet to what gain, because an acknowledgment now would be forced?
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The rule was also an acknowledgment that some teams were unwilling to do so on their own.
    Clara Ence Morse, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Now Mosseri admits that Meta is having problems with those processes and has publicly posted that acknowledgment on Threads.
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2024

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