The phrase "acknowledge the flag" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is asked to recognize or respond to a flag, which may symbolize a signal, warning, or a specific condition.
Example: "During the meeting, the manager asked everyone to acknowledge the flag raised for a break."
Alternatives: "recognize the flag" or "respond to the flag".
Speaking at the memorial for a pastor killed in the Charleston shooting, President Obama said: "we all have to acknowledge the flag has always represented more than just ancestral pride.
But as people from all walks of life, Republicans and Democrats, now acknowledge – including Governor Haley, whose recent eloquence on the subject is worthy of praise – as we all have to acknowledge, the flag has always represented more than just ancestral pride.
"It's true a flag did not cause these murders, but as people from all walks of life -- Republicans and Democrats -- now acknowledge... the flag has always represented more than just ancestral pride," Obama said.
Consider that the release of "Watchman" coincided with furor over the Confederate flag: at the same time that we are acknowledging the flag's evocation of racism, we're discovering that Atticus Finch — a beloved moral and civic authority — is a bigoted old man.
I could not see the subtle signs and did not acknowledge the red flags signifying more than an occasional overdoing it.
WHY CAN PEOPLE NOT SEE HOW DISGUSTING AND MISOGYNISTIC THAT KIM SEX TAPE FLAG IS Claims to be a feminist but shames Kim Kardashian for her sex tape You dehumanizing & objectifying her and treating her as if shes a lower form is the highest form of misogyny i have ever seen Kardashian did not acknowledge the presence of the flag in a series of tweets after the event.
The briefs acknowledge that the flag is offensive to many people.
The warning flags acknowledge the fact that the haemoglobin levels are outside the ranges these instruments are designed (or validated) for.
Acknowledging the red flags would have required Caty to see herself as that naive victim, she says.
I think what the Aceh Party is doing by introducing their flag, and asking Jakarta to acknowledge this flag, is being pushed by an internal struggle within the party and with their P.N.A. rivals," using the initials of the Indonesian name of the Aceh National Party.
In his weekly radio address, the Governor acknowledged that the flag evoked divergent emotions in blacks and whites but said it would not be removed unless the Legislature authorized such action.
