acquired
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In recent years, gas producers bought pipeline operators, while LNG exporters acquired gas fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Dodgers acquired Skubal in an abundantly predictable bombshell trade with the Detroit Tigers in exchange for a trio of prospects, wanting to test the idiom that a ballclub can never have enough pitching.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The franchise will now hope to have acquired new fans and take momentum from their first on-field triumph, while they also pocket £275,000 in prize money.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Janet Garrison, a dirt-bike-riding grandmother who taught information technology at the local community college, downloaded an app used by hunters to map the plots being acquired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
For friendships acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of spirit are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper time cannot be spent.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocabulary lists containing acquired
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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Evolutionary Biology - Adaptation
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STAAR Biology: Biological Evolution and Classification
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