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acquire

Definition for acquire

verb as in obtain or receive

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Chu came out of retirement to run the Merry Go Round, which she acquired from a friend.

InPost acquired parcel delivery firm Yodel in May, a move that the two companies said would create one of the largest logistics firms in the UK.

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In 2019 it was expelled from a programme where it produced parts for the warplane after it acquired air defence systems from Russia.

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Communities already have a "right to buy", making it simpler for them to acquire local assets such as village shops, pubs or children's centres.

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“It’s also not only what we acquire, but that we are thought partners with Black cultural heritage institutions,” says Kara Olidge, the Getty Research Institute’s associate director of collections and discovery.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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