acquire
Example Sentences
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Undrip states that “indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.”
McCormick has never integrated a business with this level of global and emerging-market exposure; Unilever’s far larger and far more global supply chains, customer mix and regulatory complexity are beyond anything it has acquired.
The development demonstrates North Korea's "resolve to acquire missiles capable of hitting targets around the globe", Hong Min, an analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, told AFP.
From Barron's
ICE said it plans to spend $38.3 billion on a new detention model that includes acquiring warehouses and converting them into detention centers, according to a government memo, effectively creating a new commercial-real-estate asset class.
Discovery out from under Netflix, which had an agreed deal in place since early December to acquire that company’s streaming and studio operations.
From MarketWatch
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