acquired
adjective
obtained or procured, such as by purchasing, receiving, learning.
reacquired
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a word derived from
acquired.
Example Sentences
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"I wanted to be there for that, because as someone who has never flown in space, I wanted to make sure they actually reacquired signal."
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
It changed hands again before Gojo reacquired full control of Purell in 2010 from Johnson & Johnson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
The company has appointed Quantuma as administrators after Leon's original co-founder John Vincent reacquired the company last month from Asda.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Haggen put 100 of the stores back on the block, and 54 of them were reacquired by Albertsons as part of a deal to purchase Haggen outright.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
Yet their activity was too great to be confined to the defence of the Holy See and to the religious revival by which they, for a time, reacquired for Rome the veneration of the people.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
