as in obtainable
possible to get
is a decent bagel acquirable in this town?
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Recent Examples of acquirable
Is the creator economy a content industry or an acquirable asset class?
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Tyler Chou, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2026
This is an interesting choice considering quarterbacks like Jameis Winston and Kirk Cousins may have been available as well, with Winston being more easily acquirable via trade.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
With no comparable bat expected to be acquirable, the bidding could get pricey with multiple contenders in need of third base help.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
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.
—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
Tyler Chou, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2026
This is an interesting choice considering quarterbacks like Jameis Winston and Kirk Cousins may have been available as well, with Winston being more easily acquirable via trade.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
With no comparable bat expected to be acquirable, the bidding could get pricey with multiple contenders in need of third base help.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquirable
Adjective
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Getting out of group play would be a massive — and obtainable — achievement.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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Metrics such as total addressable market (TAM), serviceable addressable market (SAM), and serviceable obtainable market (SOM) attempt to estimate how large a company’s future opportunity could become if its business model succeeds.—
byDoug Ashburn,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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The series will be available across mobile devices, connected TVs, the Amazon shopping app, Prime Video, Fire TV, JioTV and Airtel Xstream.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Accessibility The whole property is wheelchair accessible, with elevators throughout.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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Hiking on Rainier is accessible from multiple NPS locations, with the Paradise site the most popular for its location and historic lodge at 5,400 feet.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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“Acquirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquirable. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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