The boys' only public acknowledgments of their father's death were in acts that honored his memory.

Can I take this as a public acknowledgment of my existence?

The statement was the first public acknowledgment of the abuse.

For her to be seated with his family during such a meeting was a public acknowledgment of serious courtship.

It was like him to make that public acknowledgment.

They agreed that some public acknowledgment and apology was probably going to be required.

It was the only public acknowledgment he would make of his private pain.

Or perhaps what he wanted was the public acknowledgment of his brilliance.

It is a public acknowledgment that his candidacy has two great needs.