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acquire

[uh-kwahyuhr] / əˈkwaɪər /


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Appeared in the October 27, 2025, print edition as 'Novartis To Acquire Biotech Avidity for $12 Billion'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

And once someone has lived in an RSL property for three years, they can apply for the Right To Acquire.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

Acquire some ping pong racquets and Whiffle balls and mark the lines of a pickleball court in your driveway with chalk.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2020

Her father retired as a software engineer at Acquire Media, a multimedia news organization in Roseland, N.J.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2018

Acquire the habit of thus putting the matter before your mind's eye, and you will soon find that tactful patience becomes second nature.

From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion




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