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are acquiring

  • present progressive
    of acquire.
    acquire
    verb (used with object)
    to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own.

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O’Donnell said that NATO, Romania and other allies are acquiring ground-based interceptors to boost air-defense capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Cybersecurity firms are acquiring identity and monitoring technologies to address agent security, which is becoming a critical aspect of their work.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

This code must include a checklist of questions which prospective dog owners should ask of themselves and of the person they are acquiring the animal from.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025

“We are acquiring the goose that is laying the golden eggs.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

Other European nations also are acquiring a foothold in the archipelago.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson