acquire
Example Sentences
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They also acquired veteran quarterback Geno Smith, who had worked with Carroll in Seattle, to take the reins at quarterback.
Those opportunities include a generational oil discovery in Guyana, where it acquired a 30% stake when it bought Hess last year.
Gramercy is also among a group of investors that recently tried to acquire Citgo, a U.S.-based oil company that has been historically owned by the Venezuelan government.
She joined the network after parent company Paramount acquired the Free Press, a digital news and opinion platform she co-founded.
From Los Angeles Times
Section 10.3 of the Federal Reserve Act gives the Board of Governors sole control over its facilities and authorizes it to acquire, maintain, enlarge, or remodel buildings as it sees fit.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
