as in obtainable
possible to get
is a decent bagel acquirable in this town?
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Recent Examples of acquirable
Imagine you are sat in that same room with the whiteboard, and mentally cross off those targets that are no longer acquirable — and read on below.
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The exponentially growing volume of data would be nothing special, but with the ever-increasing abilities to collect it, at least in some regard, these newly acquirable volumes pose interesting answers to long-standing questions.
—Julius Černiauskas, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
The few legally acquirable weapons, mostly hunting rifles, can only be purchased after a screening and a training process so onerous that Japan has one of the world’s lowest firearm ownership rates: one gun per every 330 residents.
—Max Fisher, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022
Aphantasiacs, whose inability to form mental imagery may be acquirable through stem-cell transplants, were found to be less susceptible to both the Ganzflicker pseudo-hallucination and to ghost stories.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
So, the biggest resource we‘re going to need for survival, and the most abundant resource that’s acquirable — our fellow man — is the one resource most preppers are not preparing to acquire.
—Adam Nemett, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
Lauren could perhaps be compared to the fictional Jay Gatsby: another American dream-maker striving to create an impeccable world out of acquirable things.
—The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2019
Steve Madeley, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The exponentially growing volume of data would be nothing special, but with the ever-increasing abilities to collect it, at least in some regard, these newly acquirable volumes pose interesting answers to long-standing questions.
—Julius Černiauskas, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
The few legally acquirable weapons, mostly hunting rifles, can only be purchased after a screening and a training process so onerous that Japan has one of the world’s lowest firearm ownership rates: one gun per every 330 residents.
—Max Fisher, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022
Aphantasiacs, whose inability to form mental imagery may be acquirable through stem-cell transplants, were found to be less susceptible to both the Ganzflicker pseudo-hallucination and to ghost stories.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
So, the biggest resource we‘re going to need for survival, and the most abundant resource that’s acquirable — our fellow man — is the one resource most preppers are not preparing to acquire.
—Adam Nemett, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
Lauren could perhaps be compared to the fictional Jay Gatsby: another American dream-maker striving to create an impeccable world out of acquirable things.
—The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquirable
Adjective
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Ample support facilities are also available — including production rooms, make-up rooms, dressing rooms, camera and prop rooms, and catering areas — as well as a 40-acre exterior lot.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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Gillis’ Netflix comedy Tires premiered its second season earlier this month; as of the latest available data from the streamer, the show is still hanging around in the top 10.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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So, Katz was, and continues to be, ahead of her time, offering a medley of individualized laser services (something that is still somewhat rare in combination) at a price that makes these often astronomical treatments relatively accessible.—
Nora Zelevansky,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The aircraft, built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, is from a time when air travel became more accessible to people.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025
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“Acquirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquirable. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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