The phrase "acknowledged borrowing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the recognition of borrowed ideas, concepts, or materials from other sources, particularly in academic or intellectual discussions.
Example: "In her thesis, she made sure to include a section on acknowledged borrowing to give credit to the original authors."
Alternatives: "recognized borrowing" or "admitted borrowing".
In an interview, Mr. Max acknowledged borrowing heavily from Ms. Riefenstahl's images of Nazi banners and standards.
And Tinker Hatfield, the designer of Air Jordans for Nike, has acknowledged borrowing shapes from Ferrari fenders and patterns from tuck-and-roll auto upholstery.
There is a fair, but not daunting, amount of musical analysis, as well as much acknowledged borrowing and quoting from other relevant writers.
Perlstein's Rosetta stone for deciphering Nixon's dark personality is a distinction he acknowledges borrowing from Chris Matthews's 1996 book "Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America".
While he acknowledges borrowing money from Cohen and Shusterman, he claims the loans are older and much smaller than press reports have claimed, and weren't used to launch his weed venture.
The two moves indicate that her admissions of insufficiently acknowledging borrowed passages in one of her four books are casting a shadow over her reputation and career.
Corbyn's spending plans were vaguer than Smith's but the debate saw the former work and pensions secretary acknowledge borrowing would increase and the deficit rise for his proposed £200bn infrastructure investment, using long-term loans.
Philip Hammond, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, acknowledged that "borrowing always rises when the economy slows", but added: "Gordon Brown's failure to prepare means that borrowing has reached record levels before we've seen the worst of the downturn".
In 1994, he denied — and later acknowledged — secretly borrowing millions of dollars from his father to finance his failed first campaign for attorney general.
In 1994, he denied — and later acknowledged — secretly borrowing millions of dollars from his father to finance an unsuccessful run in the Democratic primary for state attorney general.
Last week, it acknowledged troubles borrowing in the paper markets, fueling speculation that it might file for bankruptcy protection.
