The phrase "acknowledge the cause" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the recognition or acceptance of a reason or factor behind a situation or event.
Example: "In order to move forward, we must first acknowledge the cause of the problem."
Alternatives: "recognize the reason" or "accept the factor".
Overnight, GitHub's search function stopped working, though the site didn't acknowledge the cause.
Lee came out to the roaring crowd to say his thank-yous and acknowledge the cause.
But she remains optimistic that Duke, who she inducted into her Redhead Hall of Fame, will eventually acknowledge the cause.
Though Rhodesian authorities did not immediately acknowledge the cause of the crash, doing so only after four days' investigation, the truth was common knowledge in Salisbury within hours.
In a single speech, Sonia had to acknowledge the cause of the Tamils, some of whom murdered her husband for their cause, and denounce Italy, her country of birth, which is in a dispute with India, a country she has adopted.
In her personal Christmas statement, she acknowledged the division the vote had caused, saying: "Of course, reconciliation takes different forms.
If the government really wants to solve children's mental health crisis, she says it needs to acknowledge the causes.
As she puts it: if the government really wants to solve the children's mental health crisis, it needs to actually acknowledge the causes.
Unless Senators are prepared to acknowledge the causes of climate change, it is likely they will remain unable and unwilling to do anything about it.
Although Frydenberg acknowledged the cause of the blackout was the weather event, and was not linked to renewables, he questioned the state's high targets.
Meanwhile, the film never acknowledges the cause Patrice was fighting for in the first place: the liberation of black people from a police state.
