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The phrase "are barely acknowledged" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is recognized or noticed to a very small extent, often implying neglect or oversight.
Example: "In many discussions about climate change, the voices of indigenous communities are barely acknowledged."
Alternatives: "are hardly recognized" or "are seldom noted."
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National boundaries are barely acknowledged.
And the terrible effects of the tsunami on the local population are barely acknowledged.
Other operations are long-term, sometimes clandestine efforts that are barely acknowledged or are never made known at all.
Unlike the Wings, who are celebrities in their Hockeytown, the Devils are barely acknowledged in a Manhattan-centric media universe.
Such resentments are barely acknowledged in mainstream politics but may, Valentine believes, have become the invisible driver of political radicalisation on the right.
The friend added, "There are some irreconcilable elements that remain unreconciled in him" — a reference to Thiel's being both Christian and gay, two facts that get no mention in his public utterances and are barely acknowledged in his private conversations.
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The agency's role is barely acknowledged.
Their very existence is barely acknowledged in the media.
But at Blair Academy, her athletic prowess is barely acknowledged.
The murder of Michael Donahue, for example, was barely acknowledged.
Instead, when they returned, their work was barely acknowledged, much less rewarded.
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