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Example sentences for: acquire

How can you use “acquire” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Sent to Saudi Arabia to acquire a U.S. visa, he and his travel companion, 9/11 hijacker Ahmed al Nami, both applied for and received visas on October 28, 2000.
"A thousand dismal thoughts"--her tone darkens--"constantly cloud my mind," and the notes acquire a ravishing mistiness that is partly unsung air.
If you accompany each egg with a shot of triple distilled, ice cold vodka, your afternoon will soon acquire a dreamlike consistency.
Less commonly, an agency may acquire information resources using an invitation for bids.
What AOL has done, he writes, is lower its credit rating, acquire thousands of journalists and movie executives not particularly gifted at making money, and transform itself from a sexy, fast-growing company into a dull, slow-moving one.