acquired
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Costs rose nearly 7% for the quarter due to the inclusion of Carnegie, the Swedish investment bank it acquired last year, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Gaming giant Activision acquired Infinity Ward in 2003, but split from Zampella and West in 2010.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin holder, acquired roughly $2.5 billion in Bitcoin, its biggest weekly purchase since November 2024.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
In February, SpaceX acquired xAI, which operates the Grok chatbot.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Students flocked to him, and he soon acquired a retinue of followers who wanted to learn from the master.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing acquired
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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STAAR Biology: Biological Evolution and Classification
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