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 ## Example use cases
 
-- As a maintainer, you may want to ackowledge recent contributors in a discussion post
+- As a maintainer, you may want to acknowledge recent contributors in a discussion post
 - As an OSPO or maintainer, you may want to know who candidates are for new maintainers
 
 ## Support