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acquisitive

[uh-kwiz-i-tiv] / əˈkwɪz ɪ tɪv /


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Investors displeased with Apple’s slow AI momentum have long speculated that it could finally become acquisitive.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

But Big Pharma has been acquisitive lately, as it seeks to stock its pipeline with developmental drugs aimed at growing market categories.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

European engineers and entrepreneurs since the dot-com boom of the 1990s have flocked to the U.S. for its acquisitive consumers, bountiful funding and love of innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman, National Police Chiefs' Council lead for acquisitive crime, says they are "committed" to reducing theft and pursuing offenders.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

For an acquisitive society, were awfully careless about possessives.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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