Example Sentences

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And they will have acquired skills their families sent them to college to learn in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

In fact, if Kelenic can come close to replicating his early-season impact in the restart of his season, the Mariners will have acquired a major boost for the stretch drive without benefit of a trade.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

Given the non-optimal conditions under which the parent cell reproduced, it is likely that the daughter cells will have acquired other mutations in addition to the faulty tumor suppressor gene.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

I suspect by the time the production moves into the West End later in the year, the performance will have acquired rather more of the Satanic danger that is part of Richard's complex make-up.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2012

When taught to move easily and to express fluently in pose and gesture, the child will have acquired some tendency towards a corresponding facility of expression in other directions.

From Spirit and Music by Hunt, H. Ernest