How to Use acquire in a Sentence

acquire

verb

• The two ships were acquired by the navy after the war.
• The old word has acquired a new meaning.
• The team acquired three new players this year.
• He is studying the way that language is acquired by children.
• This apparently minor event has acquired increasing significance in recent weeks.
• The stock tanked following news that it will be acquired by defense giant Lockheed Martin.
  — Laura Bratton, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2024
• Such is the new normal on the website Musk acquired for $44 billion last year, with the goal of salvaging a broken system.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2023
• Fortunately, there are low-cost strategies businesses can implement to acquire and retain new customers without breaking the bank.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
• The Oakland Zoo does not breed elephants, which means that any chance of sustaining the population relies on acquiring elephants from other zoos.
  — Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2023
• The pandemic proved that Netflix can acquire content from South Korea, for example, to the fanfare of global subscribers.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2023
• And Bibb used the chance to acquire two of the tallest players in the class.
  — Aaron Kasinitz, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2021
• The goal of the project is to acquire five CNC machines.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2022
• The Brewers once acquired C.C. Sabathia for the stretch run.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2018
• And some would like the state to acquire more public land.
  — Anne Snabes, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2020
• But what would the Blazers have to give up to acquire him?
  — oregonlive, 22 June 2021
• The body does not make omega-3s, so they must be acquired through food.
  — chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• The homes then would take a couple of days to acquire more masks and ramp up.
  — Eric Stirgus, ajc, 13 Mar. 2021
• The Jets would at least have to give up a first-round pick and maybe two of them to acquire Rodgers.
  — Antwan Staley, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2023
• The requirement, will to acquire the planes, and the dollars are all there.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2017
• Those are tough to acquire when shots carom all over the gym.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
• Each, at times, has flashed the upside that led the Clippers to acquire them.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021
• And Scheyer has leaned all the way in on a program built to acquire it.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
• Chester Ashley was one of the first investors to acquire land in the area now known as Scott.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021
• The real point is not to win or lose, but to covet and acquire.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2021
• One easy solution might be to acquire a copy of the work.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 14 June 2020
• Finally, there’s the money to acquire the land and clean the site.
  — Tom Condon, courant.com, 19 July 2021
• What are the pros and cons, if any, of being acquired by Glanasol?
  — Sunhee Grinnell, Vanities, 20 Dec. 2017
• Whether Snead keeps the pick, trades up or moves back to acquire more picks remains to be seen.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
• The Wolves might be able to acquire another one in the draft, if the pingpong balls go their way again.
  — Chris Hine, Star Tribune, 15 May 2021
• The film became a sensation in Sundance, where it was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, and has been amassing plaudits at festivals around the world over the last few months.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Sep 2024