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acknowledge

v. 1) generally to admit something, whether bad, good or indifferent. 2) to verify to a Notary Public or other officer (such as a County Clerk) that the signer executed (wrote, signed) the document like a deed, lease, or power of attorney, to make it certified as legal and suitable for recording. (See: acknowledgment)

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* Require employees to use strong passwords and to change them often: 76 percent of business owners acknowledge this is important but only 49 percent do it.
I also do not understand his insistence that religious liberties are violated by government not being allowed to acknowledge God.
But for the Court to simultaneously acknowledge that the chief justice was not capable of reading the materials and voting in all of the argued cases clearly indicated that at a minimum he was too weak physically to do all of the job.
'Administration officials now acknowledge that they sometimes fell for misinformation from these exile sources.
Commensurate with the learning goals for this section, I took the following steps in presenting the topic: (1) acknowledge the importance of the issue; (2a&b) classify the different Christian responses to the issue; (3) identify conflicting methodologies to biblical interpretation as a key ingredient to the differences; (4) recognize that one's specific moral values may not be shared by society at large, or even by other adherents to one's religious tradition.
* Acknowledge that sexual and reproductive rights and health for all are key to the realization of all Millennium Development Goals.
The most common failure of apologies, in my opinion, is the failure adequately to acknowledge the offence.
"It is really important to acknowledge wood champions who are helping to promote the wood cause," WoodWorks Ontario director Marianne Berube.
They wanted to acknowledge the loyal members who attend the annual meetings, provide booths at the trade shows and participate in other ways, such as encouraging their employees to join PIMA or providing guest speakers for their sessions.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant Japanese citizenship to a child born out of wedlock to a foreign woman and a Japanese man on the grounds the father failed to acknowledge his paternity before the birth.
The IRS will acknowledge receipt of the application by letter and return incomplete applications.
Having done research for years on its deadly effects, I, too, feel that what we now acknowledge is just the "tip of the iceberg."
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