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Companies of all sizes have been on the hunt to acquire more refineries to build bigger fuel-making businesses, given the almost intractable constraints in global capacity, other people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

What was missing was the vast fabric of ordinary facts and observations that humans acquire and use almost subconsciously and without which life would be unintelligible — what Lenat termed “common sense.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The crypto exchange said it had replenished 98 percent of the affected assets by drawing on its own funds, with the remaining amount involving little-traded currencies that are harder to acquire.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

On the surface, “this sounds like a smart strategy,” said Gu, because companies can treat their richly valued shares as an opportunity “to acquire some real assets.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Once you have learned that in English the article comes before the noun, you don’t have to relearn that order every time you acquire a new noun, such as hashtag, app, or MOOC.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Thrive Holdings, a Kushner-led firm that acquires older businesses and infuses them with artificial intelligence, agreed to acquire ADT in a $7.6 billion all-cash deal with an enterprise value of $15.3 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Paramount Skydance’s streaming chief Cindy Holland is exiting the studio, clearing the way for HBO Chairman Casey Bloys to claim a key role in the company once Paramount acquires Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Children of the Wolves” acquires even greater depth when an insightful Turkish police detective joins the hunt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"The charge a droplet acquires as it slides depends heavily on the specific surface -- we measured differences of up to a factor of ten," explains Zhongyuan Ni, the study's first author.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

When a culture grows big enough, it acquires an elite, which needs to monitor things it considers important: money, stored goods, births and deaths, the progression of time.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Over time, however, some of the biggest PBMs were acquired by drug companies, creating conflicts of interest that led to federal orders for divestment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

With Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley hurt and newly acquired quarterback Jacoby Brissett on the way, the Ravens will start third-string quarterback, undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Ippolito called the company, only to find out that it had been acquired in December by Wedding Gown Preservation Co. “and apparently with that, all of their files are gone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

For the Colts, the bet spoiled quickly after they acquired cornerback Sauce Gardner from New York last season in exchange for first rounders in 2026 and 2027, along with receiver Adonai Mitchell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

It was heady to think that these qualities were acquired ones and that, perhaps, this was the way I might learn them.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT, part of a buying spree that shows his ambitions beyond traditional venture capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the semiconductor giant is close to acquiring the San Jose, Calif.-based company, whose components are used in data centers, according to people familiar with the matter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Intel is acquiring software developer Classiq in a bid to help its quantum effort ‘mature into a mainstream computing business.’

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Over the past year, Musk has moved to consolidate his businesses, with SpaceX acquiring xAI and X, formerly Twitter, before going public this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The difficulties they encounter in acquiring the principality grow, in part, out of the new institutions and methods they are forced to introduce in order to establish their state and their security.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli