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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acknowledged taking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone admits to having taken something, often in a formal or legal setting.
Example: "The defendant acknowledged taking the items without permission during the investigation."
Alternatives: "admitted to taking" or "recognized having taken".
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The indictment said that he had acknowledged taking the documents.
The substance was in StarCaps, a legal weight-loss supplement the players acknowledged taking.
This spring she acknowledged taking a previously undetectable steroid and was barred for two years.
Hingis, meanwhile, acknowledged taking some speed off her serves simply to get them in.
In the interview, he freely acknowledged taking part in killing the men, who he insisted were undercover soldiers.
In his interview with the BBC, Mr. Zahawi acknowledged taking part in the destruction of shrines and graves revered by Sufi Muslims.
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Each of the projects, he acknowledged, "took many, many months to produce" and involved writers, editors, graphics and technology people.
There are at least four types of psychological acceptance: embracing, acknowledging, taking responsibility, and approval.
Neither player is accused of taking steroids, but they acknowledge taking the weight-loss supplement StarCaps.
Woods did acknowledge taking the prescription painkiller Vicodin for a knee injury and an Achilles' tendon injury, and the sleeping medication Ambien, around the time his father, Earl, died in 2006.
As Stoops would acknowledge, take the sore-armed lobber out of the Sooners' lineup and Oklahoma is another promising team with a bright second-year coach.
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