The phrase "acknowledge instead" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when suggesting that one should recognize or accept something in place of another option or action.
Example: "If you disagree with the proposal, it might be better to acknowledge instead the concerns raised by the team."
Alternatives: "recognize instead" or "accept instead".
"We do not consign blame or responsibility upon MIT for what has happened, but call for all those feel heavy-hearted in their proximity to this awful loss to acknowledge instead the responsibility they have — that we all have — to build and safeguard a future that would make Aaron proud".
Let's end the chilling fiction that President Hernández is somehow part of the solution to the dire crisis in Honduras--and acknowledge, instead, that he remains central to the problem itself.
What is the god of growth that companies should be acknowledging instead?
Typically, Kantians have responded by distancing themselves from the view that only actions motivated by duty have value, and acknowledging instead that a commitment to duty need only function as a limiting condition, rather than as the primary source of motivation in all cases (Baron 1995).
This chapter illustrates that the MC68HC16 uses a bus interface similar to the 68000 but with two acknowledge signals instead of one.
Yes, it's a sad reality that politics turns on such a blatant financial axis, but it's useful to acknowledge it instead of the endless wait to be acknowledged as having civic, military, and moral value.
Let's all acknowledge that instead of being this fantastical thing that transforms you and your partner into completely different people, it usually ends up looking like a half-naked beginners' improv class.
Let's all acknowledge that instead of being this fantastical thing that transforms you and your partner into completely different people, usually ends up looking like a pornographic beginning improv class.
The new effort is not "quirky ha-ha-ha," Mr. Norman acknowledged, offering instead "a charm and humanity" to consumers "rather than slapstick humor".
Rather than defeating death, we seem to be developing ways to avoid acknowledging it instead.
"It's a typical breed that Tyson and Perdue use," he acknowledged, "but instead of bringing them to market in 6 weeks, it takes me 12 or 15".
