acquire
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Sigma said it will acquire a 75% interest in a number of stores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The company said earlier this month that it agreed to fully acquire ready-to-drink meal maker yfood Labs after a three-year collaboration.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
GSK agreed to acquire cancer-drug developer Nuvalent for $10.6 billion, offering $124 per share in cash.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
He is exploring pathways to residency and citizenship in Europe, including in Malta, Spain and Italy and budgeting about $500,000 in total to acquire citizenship.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
The same pattern repeated itself elsewhere in the world, whenever peoples lacking native wild mammal species suitable for domestication finally had the opportunity to acquire Eurasian domestic animals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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