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.
• 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
• 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
• But that would grow based on salaries of players acquired in those trades.
  — Barry Jackson and Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 30 Oct. 2017
• The character will acquire new powers and has to learn how to use them.
  — Paulina Jayne Isaac, Glamour, 22 Apr. 2021
• The portion of the property the city would acquire sits on the current parking lot.
  — Amelia Pak-Harvey, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 2021
• Then look at the teams those players are leading to the playoffs, and how those teams acquired them.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 15 Feb. 2020
• The piece is weather-proof, but will acquire a darker patina over the years.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 22 July 2021
• Sometimes the book that jumps isn’t one a collector would have planned to acquire at all.
  — New York Times, 7 May 2022
• The streamer has acquired a four-part series about Bon Jovi.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 9 May 2024