The phrase "acknowledged the discrepancy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to recognizing or admitting a difference or inconsistency in information or data.
Example: "The auditor acknowledged the discrepancy in the financial reports during the review process."
Alternatives: "recognized the difference" or "admitted the inconsistency."
But Pettitte's lawyer, Jay Reisinger, acknowledged the discrepancy.
When the firm first acknowledged the discrepancy on Oct. 30, executives portrayed it as an accounting error.
The newspaper later acknowledged the discrepancy -- it was caused by confused police accounts -- but three is still given as the number of attacks, recently in "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell and "New York: An Illustrated History" by Ric Burns and James Sanders.
In response to questions from The Times, Santa Barbara County emergency officials acknowledged the discrepancy while emphasizing the many other measures officials took to warn residents of an approaching storm that caused the mudslides, including emails, social media alerts, press releases and even deputies going door to door in some areas.
Ms. Frady acknowledged the discrepancies, but said the research boats used the same equipment they started with in 1963, for comparison purposes.
The wire service account acknowledges the discrepancy in the records.
We have also recently begun to acknowledge the discrepancy between the nation's vaunted commitment to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and the gross abuse of these principles in practice — through slavery above all.
But serious scholars, including believers, acknowledge the discrepancy.
The first issue in the series acknowledges the discrepancy of Khan's physical appearance compared to that of the previous incarnation.
Dotson defended the officers in a television appearance later Wednesday, acknowledging the discrepancies between his Tuesday account and what the video revealed.
The shooting death occurred less than four miles from where Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in the suburb of Ferguson on Aug. 9. Dotson defended the officers in a television appearance later Wednesday, acknowledging the discrepancies between his Tuesday account and what the video revealed.
