The phrase "acknowledge the state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is recognizing or accepting the current condition or situation of a particular entity, often in discussions related to politics, law, or social issues.
Example: "In order to move forward with the negotiations, both parties must first acknowledge the state of the current relationship."
Alternatives: "recognize the situation" or "accept the condition".
As nations gear up to formulate these goals they need to acknowledge the state of planet and the scale of civilization.
To acknowledge the state of the economy, some ads for Treeclassics.com say, "Don't miss our large selection of budget buys for extra savings!" Although "the bulk of my business is October, November, December," Mr. Gamze said, front-running the holiday alleviates some of the need to make sales closer to Christmas, when competition intensifies.
Schleswig-Holstein's constitution should acknowledge the state's 5,000 Sinti and Roma, the third "autochthonous" minority, says the SSW.
Among the dinosaurs ReprintsMr Erdogan is the first Turkish leader to acknowledge the state's "mistakes" in its handling of the Kurds.
In a pre-recorded message, Lopez said he would demand that the interior minister acknowledge the state's responsibility for Wednesday's deaths.
Or, as Stumpf (2006, p. 413) puts it, using migration law as a means to control crime is necessary because it is 'infeasible to acknowledge the state's ability to control crime is limited'.
"Her refusal to condemn, or even fully acknowledge, the state-sponsored repression of her fellow countrymen and women, not to mention the violence meted out to them by Buddhist extremists... makes her part of the problem, not the solution".
Her refusal to condemn, or even fully acknowledge, the state-sponsored repression of her fellow countrymen and women, not to mention the violence meted out to them by Buddhist extremists inspired by the monk Ashin Wirathu (aka "The Burmese Bin Laden"), makes her part of the problem, not the solution.
That would honor the state he comes from while acknowledging the state he's been in — unsubtle, overwrought.
No French leader from de Gaulle to Mitterrand acknowledged the state's part in deporting Jews to Nazi death camps.
The court acknowledged the state's compelling interest in preserving public trust in the impartiality of the courts from the taint of campaign spending by litigants.
