- present participle of acquire.
acquiring
Example Sentences
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Sean McVay's side are Super Bowl favourites after acquiring defensive end Myles Garrett and welcoming one of the NFL's greatest defensive players, Aaron Donald, out of retirement.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The same machinery normally designed to make me acquire more has, in this case, made me more aware of what I can enjoy without acquiring at all.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Marc Stad, the founder of Dragoneer Investment Group, is acquiring a controlling stake in the Minnesota Timberwolves and a group led by venture capitalist and OpenAI backer Vinod Khosla is acquiring the Seattle Seahawks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
For one thing, acquiring the myriad permits needed from federal, state and local governments would be a major undertaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
As early societies developed, those acquiring centralized power gradually established themselves as an elite, perhaps originating as one of several formerly equal-ranked village clans that became “more equal” than the others.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
