The phrase "acknowledge early" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to emphasize the importance of recognizing or addressing something at an early stage.
Example: "It is crucial to acknowledge early any potential issues in the project to ensure timely resolutions."
Alternatives: "recognize promptly" or "address early on".
But in an interview here, he did acknowledge early resistance to his candidacy from some in his own party.
Red Cross officials failed to acknowledge early reports of Jewish death camps, and declined to classify incarcerated Jews as protected prisoners of war.
To their credit, the book's authors acknowledge early on that the research has limitations and that their diet doesn't guarantee a pregnancy.
We acknowledge early efforts to characterize Piezo1 using electron microscopy by E. Wilson-Kubalek and R. Milligan, and S. Kakuda for screening purification conditions.
On a first read, the report seems to suggest two main failings on the IMF's part: it failed to acknowledge early on that Greece simply could not repay its debt in full, and it vastly underestimated the economic damage austerity would inflict.
The spending watchdog did acknowledge early signs of progress in controlling spending, but overall it concludes the MoD needs to do better.
DLJ acknowledges early discussions with Dinesh Pai and Chris Twigg on cloth sounds.
Mr. Pataki acknowledged early in the day that he did not have the votes to prevail.
The importance of low intensity farming for the conservation of biodiversity throughout Europe was acknowledged early in the 1990s when the concept of 'High Nature Value farmlands' (HNVf) was devised.
"It's never going to go out of your head," he acknowledged early Friday morning before the Yankees took the field for their daily spring training workout.
Moreover, Ms. Hafner acknowledges early in this account, "My mother was free with her opinions … she took up a lot of psychological space in a room".
