Thesaurus results for RECOGNIZING

recognizing

verb

Definition of recognizing next

present participle of recognize

as in knowing

to have a clear idea of finally recognized that we were hopelessly lost

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as in honoring

to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration an awards banquet to recognize local heroes

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Recent Examples of recognizing The top prize at the ACMs (and the rival CMA Awards), Entertainer of the Year is typically regarded as recognizing the year’s best ambassador for country music. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026 The second annual 18th & Vine Arts Festival Honors Awards will return this spring, recognizing artists who have shaped Kansas City’s cultural identity from within the urban core. —

Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026 While companies are recognizing the importance of unpaid care, providing some benefits, the weight of unpaid care will increase unless the labor supply is replenished, Nestler said. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026 The Orange County Register has selected 108 semifinalists for its 2026 Artist of the Year program, recognizing some of the most accomplished and promising young artists across Orange County. —

Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026 But doing so requires recognizing the true nature of the battlefield. —

Gaurav Srivastava, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026 Sam has a similar if quieter epiphany, recognizing that his own humanity is one battle the future South Africa cannot afford him to lose. —

Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 The efforts of the Maywood supporters continued after the war, recognizing the surviving members of the full 192nd Battalion and redeeming the honor of its POWs. —

Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 In 1962, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and in 2004, Major League Baseball officially began recognizing April 15 as Jackie Robinson Day. —

Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026

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Guardiola used a four-man ‘non-press’, where City’s forwards formed a line and waited for their opponents to find a pass, knowing that Arsenal’s centre-backs — and cup goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga — had a comparatively limited passing range.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Every now and again, Monica, as much savvy therapist as all-knowing seer, interrupts Jean’s first-person account to offer guidance.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026