The phrase "acknowledged a pattern of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the recognition or identification of a recurring theme or trend in data, behavior, or events.
Example: "The researcher acknowledged a pattern of increased anxiety among participants during the study."
Alternatives: "recognized a trend of" or "identified a recurring theme of".
The F.B.I. and the Justice Department have acknowledged a pattern of cases before the Bush administration in which bureau agents offered false information to the wiretap court in seeking permission to conduct surveillance of American citizens and foreign residents.
In an FBI interview related to a 2012 investigation of illegal campaign coordination in Arizona, however, Sproul acknowledged a pattern of law-breaking involving dozens of people hired by his firms, according to a transcript reviewed by the AP.
Needless to say, no major candidate in New York would find himself, or herself, being forced to acknowledge a pattern of sexual misconduct that is at best loutish and at worst arguably criminal.
Instead, he has publicly apologized for what he has acknowledged was a pattern of disrespectful and intimidating treatment of women and took a brief leave of absence to enter behavior modification therapy at an undisclosed clinic.
Disparate geographic distribution of suicide has been recognized for the past two centuries, with the first seminal observations of Morselli [ 4] and Durkheim [ 5], who acknowledged an endemic pattern of suicide in the late XIX century in Europe.
We start with estimating separate duration models for students who started with HBO and WO acknowledging a distinct pattern of performance of HBO and WO students as shown by Figure 2.
Mr. Schneiderman's office, people briefed on the matter said, had pushed Wells Fargo to acknowledge a systematic pattern of mortgage servicing errors and to commit to a new agreement codifying changes to the way the bank services mortgages.
House investigators showed reporters a Firestone financial statement indicating that the tire maker had found a pattern of tire problems earlier than it had acknowledged.
It points to a pattern of neglect, one Matier appeared to acknowledge last Friday while being cross examined by Peter Quinlin, the lawyer representing Ms Dhu's mother and grandmother.
By acknowledging these disappointing feelings, you may be able to see a pattern of people at work or home.
ABC News reported that the Abu Dhabi authorities had acknowledged Sheik Issa's role in the torture, and that they had said it was "not part of a pattern of behavior".
