acquisitive
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But Big Pharma has been acquisitive lately, as it seeks to stock its pipeline with developmental drugs aimed at growing market categories.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Billionaire businessman Brad Jacobs has built QXO into a leading building-materials firm with more than $2 billion in quarterly sales, using the same acquisitive approach he applied to enterprises in waste management and logistics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman, National Police Chiefs' Council lead for acquisitive crime, says they are "committed" to reducing theft and pursuing offenders.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024
By confronting the emptiness of consumerism, the Sex Pistols encourage listeners to get beyond object-oriented, acquisitive pursuits.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024
Census records indicate that by 1910 he had moved to Pawhuska, apparently one of the legions of acquisitive, dreaming, desperate settlers.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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