acquired
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“Technology, consumer behavior, competition, capital requirements are all evolving at an unprecedented pace ... When we acquired NBCUniversal, more than 15 years ago, the industry looked very different.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
The ruling stems from a 2022 lawsuit brought against Google by PriceRunner, a price-comparison service Klarna acquired that same year.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
He declined to say who was the presumed target of the blast, but several sources have said it was Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, who is a permanent resident of Monaco and has acquired Cypriot nationality.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
JPMorgan was advising MP Materials, the largest rare earths manufacturer in the country, when the Pentagon acquired a 15% stake in the company last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
French has also acquired the word expérimentation, which is now sometimes used as if it were equivalent to ‘experiment’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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