acquire
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Blackstone and TPG last year struck a deal to acquire medical-diagnostics company Hologic for over $18 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
On Thursday, it announced another deal, this time to acquire LayerX, a provider of browser-based AI usage control, for $205 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Ahead of the earnings release, the company announced it would acquire UK satellite company Goonhilly Earth Station as well as its U.S. subsidiary.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Anthropic said it does not permit SPVs to participate in its financing rounds or to acquire its shares.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Aborigines did acquire from the Macassans some loan words, some ceremonies, and the practices of using dugout sailing canoes and smoking tobacco in pipes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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