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Discover LudwigThe phrase "admit knowing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone acknowledges their awareness or understanding of a particular fact or situation.
Example: "During the meeting, she had to admit knowing about the changes in the project timeline before they were officially announced."
Alternatives: "acknowledge being aware" or "confess to knowing".
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Though the peddlers of memoirs and mid-market newspapers have scavenged every last tidbit from this affair, sensible historians admit knowing little about it.
Mr. Holle, who had given the police a series of statements in which he seemed to admit knowing about the burglary, was convicted of first-degree murder.
When asked about his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair in which the Reagan administration, in violation of a law passed by Congress in 1984, used funds from the illegal sale of arms to Iran to fund Contra rebels fighting the Marxist government of Nicaragua Bush claimed that he was "out of the loop," though he did admit knowing about the arms sale to Iran.
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Mr. Haouari admits knowing Mr. Ressam, but denies any involvement in terrorist activities.
The governor, left, has admitted knowing about the delay six weeks before announcing it on Thursday.
How much Pell admits knowing about these priests is not clear.
On Monday Pell admitted knowing bits and pieces about some of the offenders and some of their crimes in Ballarat.
She admits knowing nothing of the Association of South-East Asian Nations Treatyy of Amity and Co-operation before planning a trip to Jakarta to signal America's intention to accede.
He admitted knowing Megrahi and Badri Hassan, and pointed to an office down the hall, which they had rented from mebo before the Lockerbie bombing.
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