The phrase "acknowledged a source" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of recognizing or citing the origin of information or ideas in academic or professional writing.
Example: "In her research paper, she acknowledged a source that provided critical insights into the topic."
Alternatives: "cited a source" or "recognized a source".
Most writers realize that they must acknowledge a source when quoting a memorable phrase or sentence.
The following are some recent best-picture nominees that notoriously failed to acknowledge a source: 'THE SIXTH SENSE' -- Based on "Hamlet" of William Shakespeare: a son, troubled by ghostly visitations, brings his mother to tears and is thought mad.
Now dancers there are treated like pop stars: featured in commercials, on the pages of magazines and in soap operas, and widely acknowledged as a source of national pride.
Trunnionosis is defined as the wear of the femoral head neck interface and has been acknowledged as a source of total hip arthroplasty (THA) failure [1].
As one of Seijun Suzuki's most influential films, Branded to Kill has been acknowledged as a source of inspiration by such internationally renowned directors as Hong Kong's John Woo, South Korea's Chan-wook Park and America's Jim Jarmusch and Quentin Tarantino.
According to Moe, the need to win more states has been acknowledged by "a source close to the Gingrich campaign," who adds, "I don't think he [Gingrich] would be doing this if he didn't think there was a road to winning".
Quoting the bank regulators, Brown asked her simply: "Why are they wrong and you're right?" Miller stuck to her previous remarks -- the evidence that big banks unfairly benefit from a funding advantage remains mixed -- but the potentially divisive question showed what some Democrats privately acknowledged as a source of frustration with the Obama administration over financial regulation.
These experiences are beginning to be acknowledged as a source to inform care in other parts of the world, including the West.
Although waste management activities are acknowledged as a source of environmental endotoxins, causing occupational exposure, little information regarding endotoxin dispersal from green waste composting, and the potential for non-occupational exposure, has been available.
Out of the 91 occurrences where the outcome of interest was the quantitative measurement of the renal function over time, death or initiation of kidney replacement therapy (or other medical reasons) has been acknowledged as a source of informative censoring, and accounted for accordingly, on nine occasions (9.9%) (see e.g. [ 55- 58]).
