Example Sentences

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Power is not one of the primary traits they thought they were acquiring when the 29-year-old arrived in a three-way trade at the deadline last summer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

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

When the couple met four years ago, they were acquiring art individually.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 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

Michael and Dorothy were acquiring a taste for him and for the people he knew; and he knew almost everybody who was worth knowing.

From The Tree of Heaven by Sinclair, May