How to Use acquisition in a Sentence

acquisition

noun

• The big company's newest acquisition is a small chain of clothing stores.
• The museum has put its latest acquisitions on display.
• The acquisition is to close in the fourth quarter of 2018.
  — Bob Bong, Daily Southtown, 12 June 2018
• The charges for a tablet or other dosage form is often 3.5 to 4 times the acquisition cost of the drug.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2019
• There’s a lot to like about this type of acquisition for our team.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2021
• But that doesn't mean Siri will be any smarter as a result of the Knor.ai acquisition.
  — Don Reisinger, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2020
• The purchase is the latest in a string of record-breaking acquisitions by the Citadel hedge fund founder.
  — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
• The clip is pretty rapid here in terms of acquisitions.
  — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2024
• So what better choice to run this fictional acquisition than the guy who thought up the idea in the first place?
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 6 Mar. 2020
• Buffett and Munger think the acquisition prices are poor.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
• Take a look at their grades and reaction to the free agent acquisition.
  — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 13 Mar. 2018
• And there’s a good chance that Apple ends up owning the bulk of the content through acquisitions.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• Some months later, the talk turned to an acquisition, Mr. Peretti said.
  — New York Times, 19 Nov. 2020
• The North acquisition shows Google isn’t giving up on this field.
  — Maya Tribbitt, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2020
• This marks the second high-profile acquisition for The CW this week.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 9 June 2023
• The acquisition came in pieces over a period of 14 months.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2018
• Twitter is suing to force him to go through with the acquisition.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 8 Sep. 2022
• It is not known to have made any acquisitions since its takeover by Apollo.
  — Jacob Adelman, Philly.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• The biggest acquisition would be the new coaching staff.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022
• Those will be transferred to Caesars as part of the acquisition.
  — Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2018
• In terms of future acquisition, expect more of the same.
  — Cain Buchmeier, Post-Tribune, 11 June 2018
• So the next best thing can be to look at management’s acquisition track record.
  — David Wainer, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2022
• This is Aytu’s third acquisition in just over a year and its biggest to date.
  — Paul O'Donnell, Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2020
• Riding the acquisition and with Meta chops, Woods could have landed her pick of cushy tech jobs.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023
• The acquisition came less than two months after 2nd Ward Ald.
  — Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• And that doesn't include any acquisition costs the club would incur.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 27 May 2021
• And that’s where Google’s acquisition of Fitbit comes in.
  — Liz Brown, Quartz at Work, 26 Nov. 2019
• Read more These graphics show what the acquisition could mean for your credit card.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
• The same big-game mentality that makes him one of the best trade-deadline acquisitions in some time.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2017
• Nasdaq plans to issue $5.9 billion of debt for the acquisition, which will bring its leverage to 4.7 times by the completion of the deal.
  — Amy Thomson and Katherine Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 Apr 2024