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The phrase "admitted a number of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone acknowledging or confessing to multiple instances or occurrences of something.
Example: "The witness admitted a number of inconsistencies in his testimony during the trial."
Alternatives: "acknowledged several" or "confessed to multiple".
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When he was admitted, a number of lesser spirits were already in the presence.
In the past, we have admitted a number of applicants who have applied more than once.
Some were admitted a number of times between 2010 and 2013.
The company admitted a number of titles in its portfolio "suffered from competition", exacerbated by a slump in advertising.
The BBC admitted a number of ideas had already been put forward but had so far been "purely of an informal nature".
Gibson admitted a "number of errors" were made by the bank, including basic data entry mistakes, which other people then relied upon.
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An offender might admit a number of offences in return for being charged for less serious offences which would result in a reduced sentence, he claimed.
As the fact that a.p. sequences admits a number of analog properties of a.p. functions, there is the question how to unify the theory of a.p. sequences and a.p. functions.
Indeed, as MacCallum says and as Berlin seems implicitly to admit, a number of classic authors cannot be placed unequivocally in one or the other of the two camps.
The coalition has launched more strikes in Yemen than the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition has launched in Syria and Iraq, where US officials have been forced to admit a number of mistakes.
Our scant understanding admits a number of possibilities.
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