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acquire

[uh-kwahyuhr] / əˈkwaɪər /


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“Critical thinking, ability to have discussions, writing without the assistance of AI — those are good skills to acquire during undergrad,” she says.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

The Cato Institute’s new “Government Ownership Dashboard” aims to track all of the U.S. government’s deals to acquire shares or other ownership rights in companies during President Donald Trump’s second term.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Among speakers at the Lisbon gathering is Tao Zhang, co-founder of Manus AI, a fast-growing Chinese artificial intelligence company that Meta reportedly attempted unsuccessfully to acquire.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Mitsui Chemicals 4183 -7.67%decrease; red down pointing triangle has agreed to acquire semiconductor materials maker JSR jointly with government-owned Development Bank of Japan for about $8.8 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Naturally, Miao-Yao speakers did not acquire their current fragmented distribution as a result of ancient helicopter flights that dropped them here and there over the Asian landscape.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Thrive Holdings, a Kushner-led firm that acquires older businesses and infuses them with AI, agreed to acquire ADT in a $7.6 billion all-cash deal with an enterprise value of $15.3 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 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

It radios all the scientific information it acquires back to Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The discovery offers a new explanation for how our planet acquired one of the most important ingredients for life.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

It was originally set up by a fan, but Lego acquired it in 2019.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Blackstone hasn’t acquired any rights or ownership to the drug, and Pfizer retains full control over operations and decision-making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The Vikings acquired Cousins from the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday before the NFL’s 1 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

We had acquired, at some time, a friend of Bill's from Biarritz.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

The arrival of streaming services may have ironed out the friction of acquiring, playing and sharing music, but it was by no means completionist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

I’m old enough to remember the day when CVS, the big drugstore company, opted to get even bigger by acquiring the health insurer Aetna.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the semiconductor giant is close to acquiring the San Jose, Calif.-based company, whose components are used in data centers, according to people familiar with the matter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Intel is acquiring software developer Classiq in a bid to help its quantum effort ‘mature into a mainstream computing business.’

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

He had met her several years earlier during a stay in Boston and had considered acquiring her even then, but the distance was too great, the timing awkward.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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