belatedly recognize

Frequency: 5.82.1 per million words

to accept or admit that something is true or real after it has happened

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Examples (10)

  • The government belatedly recognized the danger posed by the rising sea levels.
  • She belatedly recognized the signs of his unhappiness.
  • The company has belatedly recognized the need for better data security.
  • The artist's genius was only belatedly recognized by the critics.
  • It is a common human flaw to belatedly recognize the value of things we have lost.
  • If we don't act now, we will belatedly recognize this as a missed opportunity.
  • He was belatedly recognizing that his initial assumptions were completely wrong.
  • The commission belatedly recognized the contribution of the forgotten pioneers.
  • To belatedly recognize an error does not absolve one of responsibility.
  • Only after he left did I belatedly recognize how much he meant to me.