acquire

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If you live in one of nine community-property states — Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington or Wisconsin — marital assets and debts acquired during a marriage are owned equally by both spouses.

From MarketWatch

“Being acquired by a cash-rich listed company provides a faster, more certain exit than the extended IPO queue,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

In addition, the Rams would have nine picks in this year’s draft, including the 13th overall selection they acquired in a 2025 draft-day trade with the Atlanta Falcons.

From Los Angeles Times

Bayer has spent billions of dollars settling thousands of cases linked to Roundup since it acquired the weedkiller's producer, the US agrichemical group Monsanto, in 2018.

From Barron's

Sherborne put it to Lampert that she had acquired the information by listening to voicemail messages, to which she said: "No I did not, never."

From BBC