How to Use acquisition in a Sentence

acquisition

noun
  • The big company's newest acquisition is a small chain of clothing stores.
  • The museum has put its latest acquisitions on display.
  • There’s a lot to like about this type of acquisition for our team.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The clip is pretty rapid here in terms of acquisitions.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Take a look at their grades and reaction to the free agent acquisition.
    Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Twitter is suing to force him to go through with the acquisition.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The biggest acquisition would be the new coaching staff.
    Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022
  • So what better choice to run this fictional acquisition than the guy who thought up the idea in the first place?
    Steven Levy, Wired, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Buffett and Munger think the acquisition prices are poor.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
  • In terms of future acquisition, expect more of the same.
    Cain Buchmeier, Post-Tribune, 11 June 2018
  • So the next best thing can be to look at management’s acquisition track record.
    David Wainer, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The purchase is the latest in a string of record-breaking acquisitions by the Citadel hedge fund founder.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
  • And that doesn't include any acquisition costs the club would incur.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 27 May 2021
  • What sort of impact should fans expect from the acquisition?
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
  • Those will be transferred to Caesars as part of the acquisition.
    Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2018
  • It is not known to have made any acquisitions since its takeover by Apollo.
    Jacob Adelman, Philly.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The true cost of an acquisition often does not come into focus until well down the line.
    David Murphy, Philly.com, 2 July 2018
  • That project included the use of state land, the acquisition of which is uncertain.
    Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • But that doesn't mean Siri will be any smarter as a result of the Knor.ai acquisition.
    Don Reisinger, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The truth is customer acquisition has been a losing proposition for quite some time.
    Brandon Amoroso, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • The North acquisition shows Google isn’t giving up on this field.
    Maya Tribbitt, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2020
  • The company has not made an acquisition in almost four years.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Needless to say, this did not lead to the acquisition of fancy real estate.
    Emily J. Smith, Curbed, 18 July 2019
  • If the deal ends up going through, expect a cascade of mergers and acquisitions.
    Recode Staff, Recode, 11 June 2018
  • The same big-game mentality that makes him one of the best trade-deadline acquisitions in some time.
    Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Those leading through a merger, acquisition or the like do so to create more value faster.
    George Bradt, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • Fleetsmith did publish a blog post about the acquisition, though.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 25 June 2020
  • This is Aytu’s third acquisition in just over a year and its biggest to date.
    Paul O'Donnell, Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Riding the acquisition and with Meta chops, Woods could have landed her pick of cushy tech jobs.
    Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The acquisition came in pieces over a period of 14 months.
    Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2018

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