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acquire

Definition for acquire

verb as in obtain or receive

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The company added that it would launch an offer to acquire the remaining MultiChoice shares.

The bold move comes just a few months after Ellison’s Skydance Media closed its deal to acquire Paramount.

“I think like any new player that you acquire, it takes a little while to build up trust,” Friedman said.

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This included acquiring Android to put it directly into mobile computing.

Homeboy was founded 37 years ago to help thousands of formerly incarcerated people and gang-involved youths acquire new skills and avoid returning to jail or prison.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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