The phrase "acknowledged divisions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to recognized or accepted separations or differences within a group, organization, or context.
Example: "The committee's report highlighted the acknowledged divisions within the community regarding the proposed policy changes."
Alternatives: "recognized divisions" or "accepted divisions".
In his inaugural address, for example, he acknowledged divisions, but said, "There is far more that brings us together than there is that drives us apart".
A senior Afghan official acknowledged "divisions" in the presidential palace over the matter between those with pro-Western sympathies within President Karzai's inner circle, and those whose wariness of America and its objectives in Afghanistan runs deep.
Argentine President Mauricio Macri kicked off the summit by acknowledging divisions within the G-20 while urging world leaders to have a "sense of urgency" and take actions "based on shared interests".
This book contends that his multicultural upbringing left him with an urge "to rise above the divisions of culture and society, politics and economics," and that he had trouble with confrontation because "to confront was to acknowledge division, rupturing, imperfection, the traps of life he so wanted to transcend".
Lord Robertson, NATO's secretary general and the most ardent booster for reinvigorating the alliance, acknowledged those divisions in a recent speech in Berlin.
Asked about possible action by the 15-member Security Council after April 10 if it became clear that Mr. Annan's cease-fire plan had failed, Ms. Rice acknowledged the divisions in the Council over Syria.
In his press conference, Obama acknowledged the divisions in his party on the issue, particularly among lawmakers who represent manufacturing towns that were devastated by previous trade agreements.
In her personal Christmas statement, she acknowledged the division the vote had caused, saying: "Of course, reconciliation takes different forms.
Supporters of Ms. Pelosi acknowledged the division among House Democrats but said she had the strong backing of most of them.
Union officials acknowledge that divisions within Local 100 are impeding a settlement.
Prudential Financial, which sold its brokerage division to Wachovia earlier this year, has acknowledged that the division's fund sales practices are being investigated by the secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the S.E.C., the NASD and the New York attorney general.
