as in accession
something added to an existing supply
every vacation trip inevitably resulted in new acquisitions to our array of bric-a-brac
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Recent Examples of acquisition
On April 30, Paramount subscribers filed a lawsuit in California federal court against the studio in an attempt to both block the merger and undo aspects of Skydance’s acquisition from 2024.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 May 2026
The play of Jessie Eldridge — Boston’s trade-deadline acquisition — has been one of the major recent developments.
—Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
Admitting your marquee acquisition is functionally broken?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Already perhaps the deepest team in Wild history, the mid-December acquisition of Quinn Hughes made Minnesota a realistic Stanley Cup contender.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 May 2026
The play of Jessie Eldridge — Boston’s trade-deadline acquisition — has been one of the major recent developments.
—Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
Admitting your marquee acquisition is functionally broken?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Already perhaps the deepest team in Wild history, the mid-December acquisition of Quinn Hughes made Minnesota a realistic Stanley Cup contender.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquisition
accession
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The couple's connection to Wales grew when King Charles named his eldest son and daughter-in-law as the new Prince and Princess of Wales upon his accession to the throne in 2022.—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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The narrative includes a historical account of Akbar’s father, Humayun, before embarking on a year-by-year account of Akbar’s rule, from his accession in 1556 to 1572, the 17th year of his rule.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Acquisition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquisition. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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