Admit
Admit verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.
State
State verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.
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Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The people he suggests this to generally state how nuts this sounds, but reluctantly admit they don't have alternate explanations.
Source: Bat Deduction - The committee, especially Bondarchuk, refuses this all with the justification that they will not admit in public that the Soviet society is capable of producing serial killers nor are they willing to admit they need help from Americans.Bondarchuk: There are no serial killers in the Soviet state.
Source: Film / Citizen X -
However in the episode 'Hal sleepwalks' Hal in sleepwalking state does admit that he prefers Reese over Malcolm because Malcolm "is creepy" and Reese is "normal, like him".
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