acquirement
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"It is generally an adopted opinion," he noted disdainfully, "that genius for the fine arts is a particular gift and not an acquirement."
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Among the minor achievements of John Ringling is the acquirement of three Western railroads.
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As there are involved knotty questions over which the lawyers will be wrangling clear up to the Supreme Court, the acquirement of so definite a result comes near to being miraculous.
From Time Magazine Archive
That special knowledge is easily mastered, however, and no man fitted to practise medicine will look upon its acquirement as a bugbear or a hardship.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Three of the most fascinating chapters in Lavengro were one outcome of that brief sojourn, a thirst for the acquirement of languages was another, and perhaps a taste for romancing a third.
From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter
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