The phrase "acknowledged potential to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing recognized possibilities or capabilities in a particular context, often in formal or academic writing.
Example: "The researchers acknowledged the potential to improve the efficiency of the process through innovative techniques."
Alternatives: "recognized ability to" or "identified capacity to".
Mr. Kerrey acknowledged potential reverberations from the Hsu episode.
Kaiser acknowledged "potential limitations" in what the data actually show.
Apple's announcement came as several other major technology companies acknowledged potential stock options problems.
While the report acknowledges potential downsides to increased use of social media, the authors argue that the new opportunities afforded by participation in social media especially for groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in medicine may be a significant positive force for gender equity in medicine.
In the United States, the Federal Reserve has pulled back from raising interest rates, acknowledging potential threats to economic growth.
While many employers offer job seeking support or job retraining, and it can also be valuable to acknowledge potential mental health impacts and to encourage help seeking in the event that it becomes needed.
Recent commentators (Kelly et al. [ 3], Weatherly et al., [ 4] and Payne et al., [ 5]) have argued for health economists to measure a full range of outcome measures, going beyond QALYs; take account of stakeholders, and to acknowledge potential impacts on the need to address inequalities in health.
Responses suggested that important strengths of NEPA include encouraging agencies to identify, study, and acknowledge potential environmental consequences, and to consider these consequences in their management decisions.
In the assurance of discontinuance of the investigation, Peabody agreed to add specific language on climate policy risks in its next quarterly report and to acknowledge potential effects of climate regulation on demand for Peabody's products and securities.
Unlike some parochial commentators on both sides, Devine – who has always specialised in Scottish history since 1600 – is too smart and too honest not to acknowledge potential dangers for an independent Scotland ("Putin-esque sabre rattling and Islamic fanaticism") in the wider world or pretend that his beloved Scotland had a nasty sectarian strain until recently.
