The phrase "acknowledgment of something" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of recognizing or admitting the existence or truth of something.
Example: "The acknowledgment of something as significant is the first step towards addressing the issue."
Alternatives: "recognition of something" or "admission of something".
The title of Andrew Blum's first book, "Tubes," is a tacit and playful acknowledgment of something the world's digerati have long known: Ted Stevens was right.
This sounds harsh, but it is only acknowledgment of something often left unsaid: a nation's foreign policy will always favor the interests of its citizens and so fall short of moral perfection.
"What happened to me wasn't really any different than what happened to the guys," said Ms. Lovetinska, 22. "Sometimes the guys punch each other in the chest, as an acknowledgment of something good happening to them.
When I bent my legs and peered in, I could see his back, and the back of his head, and, across the table from him, my smiling radiant wife lifting her wineglass as if in acknowledgment of something he had said.
The fact that candidates' acknowledgment of something indisputable is taken as a sign of "just how far the discussion has shifted" is sad, though not surprising given the amount of money and skill major corporations have devoted to planting doubt about climate change.
And the city's decision to ban cars from turning off of those streets onto Broadway starting later this month is an stark acknowledgment of something that millions of theatergoers and tourists from around the world have known for years now: at the Crossroads of the World, it's not easy crossing the road.
Isn't that an acknowledgment, sir, of something you and he have long denied, that there was an attempt to bend, if not break, the spirit, if not the letter, of campaign finance laws during your re-election campaign?
It's this simultaneous acknowledgment of painting as something sacred, but not grave, that makes Cain's paintings dance without moving, buzz without making a sound. .
We are like the frog in the well, which remains oblivious to the existence of the ocean, playing out minor freedoms within a set of limiting patterns; thinking 'this is it!' and occasionally wondering 'is this it?' If, however, businesses were to engage with customers not simply as consumers but as citizens, it would be a meaningful acknowledgment of the existence of something much larger.
But some of Mr. Bush's critics regard the change as something far more significant, saying they believe it amounts to a grudging acknowledgment by the White House of something these critics themselves have long asserted — that Iraq will never become the kind of cohesive, unified state that could be a democratic beacon for the Middle East.
Feinberg sees different forms of power as underlying the three kinds of respect; in each case, respect is the acknowledgment of the power of something other than ourselves to demand, command, or make claims on our attention, consideration, and deference.
