The phrase "acknowledge the use" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the recognition or acceptance of a particular method, tool, or resource that has been utilized.
Example: "In our report, we must acknowledge the use of various statistical methods to ensure the validity of our findings."
Alternatives: "recognize the application" or "accept the utilization".
"A Rough Ride: An Insight Into Pro Cycling" was one of the first books to openly acknowledge the use of performance-enhancing drugs in the sport.
As Facebook becomes increasingly active in determining which news its users see, it would do well to acknowledge the use of humans — including their potential for errors and bias.
They refuse to acknowledge the use of signature strikes, nor have they released the Justice Department memo that legally justified the killing of a US citizen in Yemen, who had joined al Qaida.
"SALUT! if you see a fed … SHOOT!" On Monday, Research In Motion, the company behind BlackBerry, appeared to acknowledge the use of its BBM service during the weekend's violence, posting a regretful message to the company's official British Twitter account:.
While philosophers have varied a great deal in their accounts of language about God (though all acknowledge the use of metaphors and models in conveying understanding), they have generally recognized that some element of univocity is indispensable if there are to be credible claims to reason about God's reality.
We gratefully acknowledge the use of the EPSRC funded Tier 2 facility, JADE.
In fact, Obama acknowledged the use of composite characters in the first edition of the book.
As the article acknowledges, the use of bed rails by nursing homes has declined.
And several of the proposed sites, including Miike coal mine, carry inscriptions acknowledging the use of forced labour.
If true, this will be the first time that NYPD has acknowledged the use of Stingray surveillance equipment.
Since 1995, when Brazil formally acknowledged the use of slave labour in the economy, 50,000 people have been released from such conditions.
