Sentence examples for mean acknowledging from inspiring English sources

To do so would, of course, mean acknowledging misguided ethnic policies.

Thinking scientifically about man's place in the world used to mean acknowledging our insignificance.

But conservatives feared that embracing universal values would mean acknowledging the superiority of the West's political systems.

They cannot stop because, for them, a ceasefire at this stage  would mean acknowledging the worst possible defeat".

Really protecting his father's privacy would mean acknowledging that Saul Bellow's most private self was expressed in writing, not in paternity.

Thinking too much about the depth of distrust, long latent between sects and ethnicities, would mean acknowledging that a frenzy of violence waited in the wings.

And that means acknowledging the inconvenient truths as well.

This means acknowledging that working-class concerns are not what they were in the 1980s.

"Empathy means acknowledging a horizon of context that extends perpetually beyond what you can see".

Approving funding to prevent hurricane damage means acknowledging that there is a continuing danger from hurricanes and that it is getting worse, and that means acknowledging that the funding is not just part of some liberal global-warming conspiracy.

Ultimately this means acknowledging our own failure to protect vulnerable children, and taking responsibility for the suffering they have experienced.