acquisitions

plural of acquisition
as in accessions
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 acquisitions Meanwhile, on the sales front, Ito is getting ready to launch In My Father’s Room at San Sebastian, a festival that has become an important launchpad for the company’s productions and acquisitions. Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 One of the acquisitions is a patent portfolio and hiring key talent from Overair, a spin-off of Karem Aircraft and backed by South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace, which shut down its Overair factories in Santa Ana last year. Pat Maio, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026 Tonight, the Red Sox get one of the better off-season acquisitions taking the ball. David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Industry insiders are worried that intensified scrutiny from state regulators — like those of California, who are leading the antitrust lawsuit over the Paramount-WBD deal — could spook other companies considering mergers or acquisitions. Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 Unlike most distributors, Kani abandoned contemporary acquisitions to dedicate itself entirely to repertory cinema. José Salazar, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2026 The New Capital-Allocation Discipline The era of free money encouraged companies to chase growth, acquisitions and financial engineering because cash carried enormous opportunity cost. Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Multi-billion acquisitions shepherded by Iger include Pixar in 2006, Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012. Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026 One of Thrive’s subsidiaries, Thrive Eternal, focuses on sports acquisitions, purchasing and selling a stake in the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies before acquiring stakes in the Miami Heat and MLB’s San Francisco Giants, among others. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
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accessions
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  • Now, not in pots as houseplants but growing in the ground on prominent public display, there are more than 200 accessions representing 46 species.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Acquisitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquisitions. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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