as in accession
something added to an existing supply
every vacation trip inevitably resulted in new acquisitions to our array of bric-a-brac
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But Nippon Steel has not dropped its acquisition offer and plans to use it as a starting point for talks with the U.S. government to revive the bid, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Nobody at the San Siro was daft enough to cast him as a marquee acquisition.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
With acquisitions like Kyle Tucker and Ryan Pressly, Counsell could easily take this Cubs team deep into the postseason.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
With market saturation, subscriber acquisition is no longer the SVoD’s priority and as streamers look for paths to profitability there is a desire to drive ad revenues.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Nobody at the San Siro was daft enough to cast him as a marquee acquisition.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
With acquisitions like Kyle Tucker and Ryan Pressly, Counsell could easily take this Cubs team deep into the postseason.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
With market saturation, subscriber acquisition is no longer the SVoD’s priority and as streamers look for paths to profitability there is a desire to drive ad revenues.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Acquisition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquisition. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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