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as in developed
to come to have gradually
from years of working two jobs, he has acquired the ability to get by on only a few hours of sleep a day
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as in earned
to receive as return for effort
acquired a reputation for always arriving at his friends' house just as they were sitting down to dinner
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Recent Examples of acquired
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Zach Berman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Weiss has also been working to overhaul CBS News, which has gone through rounds of layoffs since its parent company was acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
This was a different strategy from Facebook and YouTube, which had been acquired by Google in 2006 and which didn’t have the pressure to monetize.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
The Sox acquired Murray, along with outfielder Everson Pereira, in an offseason trade with the Tampa Bay Rays.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
First, in 2017, Liberty Media acquired the racing series.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Apr. 2026
Not long after Fernández arrived, Brooklyn traded Mikal Bridges for a Knicks haul and re-acquired its 2025 and 2026 first-round picks from the Houston Rockets.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
That has been the case since December, when Access acquired Via Licensing Alliance’s HEVC/VVC program.
—ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
Beauty acquired it for $1 billion.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Transferring to Paramount+ will be all content currently on BET+ – original and acquired – subject to rights restrictions and license expirations.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Dallas Cowboys selected Florida cornerback Devin Moore and Alabama edge rusher LT Overton with the picks acquired from the Eagles.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Weiss has also been working to overhaul CBS News, which has gone through rounds of layoffs since its parent company was acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
This was a different strategy from Facebook and YouTube, which had been acquired by Google in 2006 and which didn’t have the pressure to monetize.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
The Sox acquired Murray, along with outfielder Everson Pereira, in an offseason trade with the Tampa Bay Rays.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
First, in 2017, Liberty Media acquired the racing series.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Apr. 2026
Not long after Fernández arrived, Brooklyn traded Mikal Bridges for a Knicks haul and re-acquired its 2025 and 2026 first-round picks from the Houston Rockets.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
That has been the case since December, when Access acquired Via Licensing Alliance’s HEVC/VVC program.
—ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
Beauty acquired it for $1 billion.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquired
Adjective
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Resulting from a random, typically nonhereditary genetic mutation, the disease affects about one in every 10,000 live births in the U.S. and can severely impact a person’s mental and physical development, and life span.—
Amanda Blanco,
courant.com,
19 Sep. 2021
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Other research shows that nonhereditary forms can result from other factors, including existing medical conditions and diet, reports Maya Yang of the Guardian.—
David Kindy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Aug. 2021
Verb
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The county soon developed an interest in the land occupied by the golf course.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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By the end of the course, the fellows had developed curricula that promote essential skills in early education, including inquiry, analysis and critical thinking, according to project director Meghan Green, an assistant professor in Erikson’s teacher education program.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bermudez earned her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and has been a member of the state bar since 2005.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Zuhn earned All-SEC honors each of the past two seasons and shared the 2025 SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophy (top blocker in the SEC) with Alabama’s Kadyn Proctor.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Going by that definition, weed isn’t incidental so much as foundational.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
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But choices, however incidental, about what kinds of domestic arrangements are shown and not shown on hugely popular children’s programs must strike their audiences in some kind of way.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Medieval schoolmen worrying over Aristotle could be pedants; so could cultivated female salonnières in seventeenth-century Paris.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Israel cultivated a close relationship with Azerbaijan shortly after its independence, with the duo soon becoming one of each other’s most important allies.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2026
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Even before the war, Saudi Arabia had signed a defense agreement with Pakistan, which has since gained more credibility as a force in the region because of its mediating role between Washington and Tehran.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Reuters news agency said Brent and WTI gained almost 17% and 13% respectively over the course of last week - their biggest weekly rise since the Iran war began.—
April 27,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Its capabilities include surveillance, intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, and special operations support, alongside traditional anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare roles.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Spray the multi-surface cleaner onto a damp cloth.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Lakers won anyway and are now favored to advance.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Harron deservedly won Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize for her ferociously entertaining look at Valerie Solanas, the feminist writer who, as the title announces, attempted to murder pop artist Andy Warhol in 1968.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Acquired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquired. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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