Example sentences for: acquired

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  • Fortunate are those who have been raised in a reading household or have acquired a thirst and opportunity for reading early in life.

  • The significance of HGF/SF as a marker of poor prognosis might also be associated with its effects on acquired resistance to anti-cancer drugs [ 35 36 ] . HGF/SF protects cancer cells from DNA-damaging chemotherapy agents through pathways involving signaling from Met to phosphoinositide 3-kinase and c-Akt [ 29 ] . Human breast cancer cells, preincubated with HGF/SF and then exposed to Adriamycin, exhibit an altered pattern of gene expression compared with cells treated with Adriamycin alone.

  • In 1961 the house was acquired by the Historic Monuments Trust, precursor to the Bermuda National Trust, but it was still occupied by elderly Trimingham family members until 1990.

  • One of the privileges of national sovereignty is the right to name your country's money, or to rename it when the old name has acquired unpleasant associations.

  • In his first two years, he did do an excellent impersonation of a turnaround specialist, ridding Kodak of the nonfilm businesses--Eastman Chemical and Sterling Winthrop Drug--that it had acquired during the days when conglomeration was all the rage.


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