acquire

Example Sentences

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In addition, the Rams would have nine picks in this year’s draft, including the 13th overall selection they acquired in a 2025 draft-day trade with the Atlanta Falcons.

From Los Angeles Times

Bayer has spent billions of dollars settling thousands of cases linked to Roundup since it acquired the weedkiller's producer, the US agrichemical group Monsanto, in 2018.

From Barron's

Sherborne put it to Lampert that she had acquired the information by listening to voicemail messages, to which she said: "No I did not, never."

From BBC

That happened Monday night, three days before Young’s expected debut for the team that acquired him in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks on Jan. 7.

From Los Angeles Times

It also snapped up new talent — and new exploration frontiers — when it acquired Hess last year.

From MarketWatch