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
Homebuilders were grabbing more property amid an influx of home buyers who had been squeezed out of the resale market by investors, who were acquiring cheap homes in bulk to turn into rentals.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2016
The Japanese submitted to it believing that they were acquiring the culture of China and as soon as circumstances permitted they went straight to the fountain head.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
