acquiring

Example Sentences

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Acquiring security clearances remained a long and arduous process.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

"Acquiring Rydal Mount gives us an opportunity to tell a much richer story about the lives and works of William and Dorothy Wordsworth."

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Acquiring the semiautonomous Danish territory would further elevate his claims to greatness and the status of legend in his own contorted reality.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Acquiring Warner’s streaming and studio assets “will entrench and extend Netflix’s global dominance in a matter not allowed by domestic or foreign competition laws,” Paramount’s lawyers wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Acquiring a tankard of cider from the landlord, I seated myself at a table a little way away, intending to relax a little and collect my thoughts concerning the day.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro