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Discover LudwigThe phrase "admits to missing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone acknowledges or confesses to feeling a sense of loss or absence regarding something or someone.
Example: "She admits to missing her hometown ever since she moved to the city for work."
Alternatives: "confesses to missing" or "acknowledges missing".
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Andy admits to missing it sometimes.
Writer admits to missing Kennedy dearly, "all that sweet fervor & purposefulness & idealism of Nov. 1960".
Yet, while he admits to missing him ("Hanks don't come along too often"), he says he doesn't regret the show itself folding.
Interestingly, Hardy admits to missing a crucial element of Lehane's script which had huge repercussions on his character's motives and actions and directly relates to the "heinous something" he mentions.
The routine takes its toll – "Sometimes you can get tired, especially when there are school exams going on as well" – and the he admits to missing some things that other 15-year-olds enjoy.
Ms. Kessler, who until 1997 worked as an accounts-payable secretary for a wholesale food distributor, is not one to complain, but she admits to missing one thing that the disease has taken from her. "I miss my heels," she said, referring to her shoes.
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Rather than admit to missing its fiscal targets, the government has resorted to creative accounting.
Jesus, did I just admit to missing Jeremy Clarkson, in the Guardian?
BVB's CEO, Hans-Joachim Watzke, admitted to missing the former Bayern president Uli Hoeness.
Seriously skilled face work has been done; she admitted to missing a Botox injection this very day.
Similarly, Tess was finding out that it's hard to be a missing person if no one will admit to missing you.
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