- present participle of acquire.
acquiring
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If acquiring companies tend to overpay, you may want to keep this rule in mind when assessing such stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
I’m old enough to remember the day when CVS, the big drugstore company, opted to get even bigger by acquiring the health insurer Aetna.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT, part of a buying spree that shows his ambitions beyond traditional venture capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Over the past year, Musk has moved to consolidate his businesses, with SpaceX acquiring xAI and X, formerly Twitter, before going public this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
He didn’t consider acquiring free music online to be pirating or theft, though.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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