acquired
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OpenAI has already acquired the land for the project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The organization’s media division includes the San Francisco Examiner — which Reilly acquired in 2020 alongside its now-defunct affiliate SF Weekly — and the Nob Hill Gazette, which he bought in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Los Angeles Galaxy held the discovery rights for Casemiro but in announcing the player's signing, Inter Miami said they had acquired the rights from the Galaxy.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Gabelli said that five of the Keeley Small Cap Fund’s holdings had been acquired over the past 12 months, “with average premiums of more than 35%.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Thanks to the Cognitive Revolution, Homo sapiens acquired the ability to say, ‘The lion is the guardian spirit of our tribe.’
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing acquired
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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Evolutionary Biology - Adaptation
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STAAR Biology: Biological Evolution and Classification
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