acquire
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The EndeavourLA fundraising campaign helped acquire and temporarily display the shuttle while supporting ongoing exhibits, programs and operations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Understanding exactly how cells acquire their identities could eventually have important implications for medicine.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Last month, Guangzhou Automobile Group said it would acquire a 50% stake in FAW Toyota from FAW Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
They included agreements under which two Abramovich companies would acquire shares in Sibneft-Yugra, increasing his stake and diluting Yugraneft's.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Years later I would acquire a horse who had mistakenly killed his owner, a young woman who was checking his back feet, when a dog came too close.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
Paramount Skydance’s streaming chief Cindy Holland is exiting the studio, clearing the way for HBO Chairman Casey Bloys to claim a key role in the company once Paramount acquires Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Understanding how gluons behave inside nuclei is therefore essential to understanding how matter itself acquires its mass and structure."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Goldman Sachs sees opportunity and acquires ETF company Neos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
If Paramount Skydance acquires Warner Bros., production will likely shift to the Warner Bros. lot, with Paramount leased or sold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
I don’t refer merely to the glaring fact that the minister eventually acquires houses and Cadillacs while the faithful continue to scrub floors and drop their dimes and quarters and dollars into the plate.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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Combining these findings, the researchers developed a model that could explain how the Moon acquired its two dramatically different faces.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Bumble will go private after being acquired by Ithaca Holdings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Earlier presidents acquired territory because sovereignty itself delivered things they wanted: minerals, ports, military positions and control over trade routes.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
SWI Group has acquired a majority stake in Genesis Digital Assets, a former FTX-backed bitcoin-mining business, to serve artificial-intelligence firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Samir turned his attention to the kingfisher he had just acquired, which seemed to be asleep.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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It didn’t hurt that by acquiring him they prevented other postseason contenders, including the Milwaukee Brewers, from landing the two-time Cy Young Award winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Starbucks has explored acquiring Chipotle, the Financial Times reported.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Financial Times on Thursday reported that the coffee chain has explored acquiring Chipotle in some form, in what would be the biggest such deal in the restaurant industry’s history.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Viatris has agreed to acquire Pacira BioXciences, acquiring its portfolio of non-opioid pain medications.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
That’s because all able-bodied hunter-gatherers are obliged to devote much of their time to acquiring food.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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