acquire
verb (used with object)
to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own.
were acquiring
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past progressiveof acquire.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, Tim Cook, the C.E.O. of Apple, talked about the “mismatch” between the skills that people were acquiring in college and the ones demanded by modern businesses.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019
Some industry analysts have long projected him as more of a bullpen arm — and not the top-of-the-rotation talent the Mariners thought they were acquiring.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2019
And so West left, and 16 years later he just helped the Golden State Warriors acquire Durant while Jim Buss’ 17-win Lakers were acquiring Timofey Mozgov and Luol Deng and … oh, my.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2016
Dr. Ward said the agency believed as many as 30,000 people were acquiring hepatitis C each year.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2016
The five young men who were preparing for it, had locations assigned them, their salaries fixed, and thus the native pastors were acquiring experience in missionary superintendence.
From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson
