"acknowledge potential" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to recognizing or appreciating someone's ability or potential for achieving something. For example, "The manager acknowledged the potential of the new hire and gave her extra responsibility."
In the assurance of discontinuance of the investigation, Peabody agreed to add specific language on climate policy risks in its next quarterly report and to acknowledge potential effects of climate regulation on demand for Peabody's products and securities.
Even if Republicans eventually have to drop the drilling plan to pass the final bill, some acknowledge potential benefits in that result: they can then point to the concession on drilling to quiet Democrats unhappy that the bill is being written mainly by Republicans and environmental groups critical of the measure's benefits for the energy industry.
Many of those in his unit have been waiting years to see the Army acknowledge potential wrongdoing by Bergdahl, said Nathan B. Bethea, 30, a former Army captain in New York who was deployed with Bergdahl's battalion when he went missing.
Unlike some parochial commentators on both sides, Devine – who has always specialised in Scottish history since 1600 – is too smart and too honest not to acknowledge potential dangers for an independent Scotland ("Putin-esque sabre rattling and Islamic fanaticism") in the wider world or pretend that his beloved Scotland had a nasty sectarian strain until recently.
This policy instrument does not explicitly acknowledge potential trade-offs that might emerge from trying to reach two different policy objectives.
We acknowledge potential limitations.
Mr. Kerrey acknowledged potential reverberations from the Hsu episode.
Kaiser acknowledged "potential limitations" in what the data actually show.
Apple's announcement came as several other major technology companies acknowledged potential stock options problems.
Regardless of how that question is answered, we should perhaps give China's leaders some credit for acknowledging potential bubbles and taking steps to rein them in.
In the United States, the Federal Reserve has pulled back from raising interest rates, acknowledging potential threats to economic growth.
