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acquisitive

[uh-kwiz-i-tiv] / əˈkwɪz ɪ tɪv /


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Investors displeased with Apple’s slow AI momentum have long speculated that it could finally become acquisitive.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

But Big Pharma has been acquisitive lately, as it seeks to stock its pipeline with developmental drugs aimed at growing market categories.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Billionaire businessman Brad Jacobs has built QXO into a leading building-materials firm with more than $2 billion in quarterly sales, using the same acquisitive approach he applied to enterprises in waste management and logistics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

It was a day in which an acquisitive foreign power had sent an uninvited delegation to the world's largest island with an uncomfortable message.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

He threw the gold coin into the grave with Laura, then he pushed more earth into the hole, to hide the coin from acquisitive gravediggers.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman




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