Thesaurus results for ACQUISITION

acquisition

noun

ˌa-kwə-ˈzi-shən

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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Recent Examples of acquisition Comcast lacks popular lifestyle channels — the type that Discovery gobbled up through its 2018 acquisition of Scripps Networks, which folded HGTV, Travel Channel and Food Network into Zaslav’s company. —

Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024 Less than three months since its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, Alaska is also preparing to take on larger rivals like Delta Air Lines by expanding international routes. —

Kristian Burt, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024 This many free-agent acquisitions can’t flop — Geno Stone, Vonn Bell and Sheldon Rankins are this year’s examples. —

Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024 This also helps with major delas such as mergers and acquisitions. —

Rachel Wells, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for acquisition