acquire
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The brochure speaks of "a rare opportunity to acquire a club with an excellent track record of winning promotions to higher divisions".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
It will also acquire the online business, and stores will continue to operate under their existing licensing.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
SpaceX in June agreed to acquire Cursor, an AI coding startup, in a $60 billion deal expected to close in the current quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The terms include provisions that would give the investors the option to acquire the rest of the team in future transactions, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Once you have learned that in English the article comes before the noun, you don’t have to relearn that order every time you acquire a new noun, such as hashtag, app, or MOOC.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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
The research expands on decades of work exploring how the brain acquires new abilities.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Individuals can’t request debt relief because the nonprofit acquires bundled debt for thousands of people at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
But in reproducing the fragmentary nature of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, which became a movie starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, the musical never acquires dramatic momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
When one person secretly acquires more food than the others have there is an inequality of food distribution in the community.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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Bakery business Janes Pantry, based in Gloucestershire, said it had acquired a number of Coughlans' shops from the liquidators, and would open 20 shops under its own brand.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Samsung SDI has acquired General Motors’ 49.99% stake in SynergyCells, a $3.5 billion battery joint venture in the U.S., ending the venture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The 443.3 million Intel shares the government acquired for $8.9 billion are currently worth nearly $44 billion on the open market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Fedorenko's group found a way around that obstacle by working with Rosemary Varley, a neuroscientist at University College London who studies acquired language disorders, and her team.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Well, Jake, however you acquired this ‘instant intelligence,’ it seems you have been given a great gift.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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The Pentagon has recently spent billions acquiring new drone and counterdrone technology and formed special units to operate it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Archer Aviation stock surges after announcing it’s acquiring several of Boeing’s subsidiaries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
There is a reason Ellison spent billions acquiring a legendary news brand.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Chelsea have spent £1.8bn on acquiring talent since BlueCo took over the club four years ago, comfortably more than any other club in Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
They wanted their wives to like the climbing, the acquiring, and the work it took to maintain status once it was achieved.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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