acquires

present tense third-person singular of acquire

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Recent Examples of acquires On another front, any team that acquires Hill would need to create enough cap space to do it. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025 Fairchild parent Capital Cities acquires the American Broadcasting Co. Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025 The growth of retail media ecosystems is tremendous as the industry acquires massive amounts of transaction data, advanced targeting capabilities, and emerging in-store technologies. Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Servillo communicates the ways in which Mariano — a fantasy figure in our broken world — acquires grace via the most economical means. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025 In many cases, when a foreign government acquires cutting-edge surveillance and cybertechnologies from Russia, their local security and law enforcement agencies lack the expertise to operate them. Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2025 The Steward acquires food provisions for the Dorf’s hundreds of residents, and every Saturday afternoon, the wives walk over to Stores to pick up their family’s weekly grocery allotment. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025 The nonprofit acquires the debts from hospital systems and providers, with $100 typically buying $10,000 worth of medical debt, Sesso said. Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025 In this edition…teaching Deep Ignorance…Cohere’s big funding and new hire…AI deskilling…Anthropic acquires Humanloop cofounders…ChatGPT market share. Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquires
Verb
  • The condition develops before birth if a pregnant cat is exposed to the feline panleukopenia virus, leaving the kitten's cerebellum underdeveloped.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That develops when athletes reach senior level.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the winner of each heat earns 400 points with a maximum or 2,000 points available for the weekend.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The popular handheld vacuum has racked up more than 28,000 perfect ratings and earns praise for its compact size and impressive suction.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Also, Iyo Sky takes on Stephanie Vaquer to determine who wins the WWE Women's World Championship, which Naomi vacated.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Whoever wins will also become Virginia's first female governor.
    Grace Sandman, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nobody reaps glory from doing the unseen right thing.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Right now, Washington reaps the worst of both worlds.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • SpaceX obtains approval to ramp up Falcon 9 cadence.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Disney obtains a share of YouTube’s ad revenue on its videos, and also sells advertising directly.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Always-on functionality is also supported, and the screen gains a new anti-reflective coating that reduces glare.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The calmcation trend gains momentum as American travel spending shows signs of strain.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When a film garners that type of technical recognition, with 10 available slots for best picture, a nomination in the top category comes within reach.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Betway said the Grand Canyon's popularity is unmatched — the national park garners 12 million Google searches annually and an impressive 208,300 TikTok hashtags.
    Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Warren also holds the producing reins and gets co-scripting credit with john Meston.
    Hal Landers, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Bot gets 1 for guessing in three and then loses it for losing to me.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Acquires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquires. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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