as in confesses
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly
owned up to damaging the car
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Then Armand confesses to Molloy that, actually, he’s been in love with him for decades.
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This season Judy Trammell, the squad’s head choreographer, confesses to reading Reddit comments about the team.
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But even Willis admits AI can be a helpful tool in the right capacity.
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Nunes admits, despite raising concerns with neighbors, a Gabriel camera was recently installed on his building.
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The federal government acknowledges the limitations of N95s in its educational material for firefighters.
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The company that manufactures the hardware powering the AI revolution acknowledges that the technology is more expensive than the people it was supposed to augment.
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The media business always goes through some splitting of cells — meiosis and mitosis — but every industry leader concedes that consolidation is especially needed today.
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The waiver concedes a major point of potential leverage at the start of these 60-day talks.
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“Owns (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owns%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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