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past participle of obtain.
past tense form of obtain.

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acquired adj.
derivative adj.
fulfilled adj.
gratified adj.
realized adj.
received adj.

ADJECTIVE

acquired

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captured collected seized

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accomplished attained earned gained gathered learned reached realized secured won

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deprived forfeited lost

ADJECTIVE

derivative

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cognate secondary subordinate

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acquired ancestral caused coming from connate copied evolved hereditary imitative inferential inferred not original plagiaristic plagiarized procured rehashed secondhand uninventive unoriginal

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important superior

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inventive original unborrowed unique

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fulfilled

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realized satisfied

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accomplished achieved actualized attained compassed concluded consummated crowned delighted dispatched effected effectuated executed finished gratified matured perfected performed pleased reached

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brought about brought to a close carried out made good put into effect

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disappointed incomplete unfinished unfulfilled unsatisfied

ADJECTIVE

gratified

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accomplished achieved actualized attained compassed concluded consummated content crowned delighted dispatched effected effectuated executed finished matured

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brought about brought to a close carried out happy made good perf

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depressed unhappy

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realized

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accrued acquired cleared gained gathered gotten harvested inherited made netted profited reaped received taken

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incomplete unfinished unfulfilled unsubstantiated

ADJECTIVE

received

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accepted acknowledged collected earned

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acquired admitted derived gathered gotten honored standard

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conventional customary

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delivered disbursed given nonstandard

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The same investigation also produced the most precise measurements ever obtained for the related Bs → μ+μ-decay, providing additional information about these exceptionally uncommon processes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

In his ruling on Monday, Sullivan said that a retrial would not unconstitutionally subject Clancy to double jeopardy, according to court documents obtained by the BBC.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

We’re supposed to trust Mr. Woodward that permission was obtained.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

His paternal grandmother said Oksinski had obtained a gun licence this year, according to Polish media.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

“I knew that the results I obtained were not easily compatible with our contemporary science,” Mendel wrote, and “an isolated experiment might be doubly dangerous.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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