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acquire

[uh-kwahyuhr] / əˈkwaɪər /


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When Red Bull entered the sport in 2005, it acquired the remains of Jaguar.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pressure for redemptions in private-credit interval funds stands to generate attractive opportunities for secondary buyers who hope to acquire discounted assets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Paramount emerged last week as the winner of bidding war to acquire the movie and television company.

From The Wall Street Journal

And if everything goes the way things look at the time of writing, Paramount Skydance will successfully acquire one of cinema’s preeminent studio giants.

From Salon

Most notably, it struggled to produce a modern multitasking operating system to replace the Mac—and eventually had to buy Next to acquire one.

From The Wall Street Journal