The phrase "acknowledged relations" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to recognized or accepted connections or associations between entities, such as in academic, legal, or social discussions.
Example: "The study focused on the acknowledged relations between socioeconomic status and educational attainment."
Alternatives: "recognized connections" or "accepted associations."
Last week, the Obama administration acknowledged relations between police and the people they are sworn to serve are a "problem in far too many communities across the country".
A senior administration official, attending the meetings, acknowledged relations with Russia were in "a very rocky period" that tested the administration's efforts to continue to cooperate on security issues even as President Bush and his aides strongly criticized Russian actions after the brief war with Georgia.
Nearly everyone is kin, though families seldom acknowledge relations that cross the color line.
Officials said "several hundred" Palestinians had come forward to acknowledge "relations and collaboration" with the Israelis.
Officers brought out a sheet cake and sang "Happy Birthday" to the assistant chief, Diane Groomes, who acknowledged that relations had been strained.
On Russia, Mr. Kerry acknowledged that relations had "slid backwards a little bit in the last couple of years," but said he would try to make progress.
Citing the "vitriolic" and "xenophobic fury" directed against judges on the European Court of Human Rights, Sir Nicolas Bratza has acknowledged that relations between Strasbourg and the supreme court in London are under "strain".
But she acknowledged that relations with the region's other major power, China, may be entering a rough period, as the United States pledges to sell weapons to Taiwan, which China regards as a renegade province, and President Obama plans a meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, over the objections of Beijing, which considers him a separatist.
Galo Bermello, the Northside manager who answered the telephone on Tuesday at the company's office, acknowledged that relations with the neighborhood were tense, but said that at least six other car services have offices within a mile of Northside, each with about 200 cars at its disposal.
ANKARA, July 22 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged his relations with U.S. President Barack Obama have soured, saying he had been disappointed among other things by a lack of U.S. action over the war in neighboring Syria.
A recent Scottish government review of the links between off-sales outlets, excessive underage drinking and alcohol-related trouble acknowledges such relation ships are likely to be complex and non-direct, but concludes that researchers outside North America may have 'missed' the importance of alcohol outlets as a major influence on alcohol consumption (Pattoni et al., 2007).
