The phrase "acknowledging affairs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is recognizing or admitting to certain matters or situations, often in a formal or serious tone.
Example: "The report focuses on acknowledging affairs that have impacted the community over the past year."
Alternatives: "recognizing matters" or "admitting to issues".
Mr. Petraeus issued a statement acknowledging the affair after President Obama accepted his resignation and it was announced by the C.I.A.
14. Suzy Wetlaufer, editor of the Harvard Business Review, who resigned in March after acknowledging an affair with John F. Welch Jr., the former chief executive of General Electric.
If confirmed by the full Senate, Brennan would replace Michael Morell, the CIA's deputy director who has been acting director since David Petraeus resigned in November after acknowledging an affair with his biographer.
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING THE STAR-LEDGER, NEWARK The Star-Ledger staff won for what judges called "comprehensive, clear-headed" coverage of the resignation of Gov. James E. McGreevey of New Jersey, who stepped down in August after acknowledging an affair and declaring that he was "a gay American".
By Friday, some reports of its contents had leaked: after acknowledging his affair with Monica Lewinsky, Mr. Clinton spent two months sleeping on the White House couch, sought counseling with his family and learned he was prone to self-destructive behavior when tired, angry or lonely.
To move forward: The indictment of John Edwards for allegedly violating campaign laws to cover up his affair (he acknowledges the affair but denies breaking laws), and the trial of Hosni Mubarak for conspiring to kill protesters in Egypt.
Mr. Cain suspended his campaign after reports emerged of an extramarital affair, and it is not clear how much his endorsement would help Mr. Gingrich, who has also acknowledged extramarital affairs.
But when the question of his two divorces and acknowledged extramarital affairs were implicitly raised, Mr. Gingrich listened as his opponents pointedly highlighted their long marriages.
The rumors about Paterson, who acknowledged past affairs shortly after taking office, were fanned by technology that allows everyone to be a publisher, spawning news and commentary sites with widely varying standards and such a hunger for material that just the fact that The Times is interviewing sources can become "news".
