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acquire

[uh-kwahyuhr] / əˈkwaɪər /


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Anthropic said it does not permit SPVs to participate in its financing rounds or to acquire its shares.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Chinese regulators gave conditional approval this week, following an antitrust review, for Tencent to acquire the huge online audio platform Ximalaya.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Allen, whose company Allen Media Group owns the Weather Channel and more than 30 network affiliate broadcast channels, plans to acquire 40 million shares for $3 apiece, BuzzFeed said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Earlier this month, GameStop announced it offered to acquire EBay for $125.00 per share in cash and stock.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Alt-A was just what they called crappy mortgage loans for which they hadn’t even bothered to acquire the proper documents—to verify the borrower’s income, say.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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