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• n  the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
• n  a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
• n  a statement acknowledging something or someone
  she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
  the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her

• I know the Republican platform is right for my state in Alaska because the planks we can stand solidly on are respect for equality and respect for life and an acknowledgment that .
• In a rare acknowledgment of the country's growing inequality, Lu Zhiqiang, a top government planning official, admitted in May that "Income distribution has become the most .
• Such acknowledgment is what Eto'o encouraged in Zaragoza.

• recognition
• acknowledgement
• citation
• cite
• credit
• reference
• mention
• quotation

News & Articles

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• For conservative Republicans, immigration becoming a political balancing act
  Acknowledgment of Latino voting power comes up against the far right’s hard line on legal status.
  June 13, 2013 - Washington Post
• News Summary: ESPN to kill 3-D channel
  D-FLATION: ESPN says it will stop broadcasting its 3-D channel by the end of the year because it doesn't have enough viewers. 3-D DUD: The move is an acknowledgment that 3-D TV has been a flop. People ...
  June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Pope Francis admits presence of 'gay lobby' in Vatican
  VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican in private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group -- a stunning acknowledgment that appears to confirm earlier reports about corruption and dysfunction in the Holy See.
  June 11, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Anthony Kennedy in Washington Post
  The bottom line, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote, is that "the Constitution does not oblige government to avoid any public acknowledgment of religion's role in society."
• Ernie Chambers in USA Today
  The court itself acknowledges the existence of God,Chambers said Wednesday. "A consequence of that acknowledgment is a recognition of God's omniscience."
• Chuck Hagel in Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
  The report is an acknowledgment that there will be no military solution in Iraq. It will require a political solution arrived at through sustained Iraqi and region-wide diplomacy and engagement,said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.