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Example sentences for: acquiring

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

You have probably seen ads telling of the marvels we can bring into our homes by acquiring a dish free or, in the ad to which I responded, for $100.
Had State visa officials routinely had a practice of acquiring more information in such cases, they likely would have found more grounds for denial.
New York University has inaugurated a Ph.D. program in food studies, and Routledge now has an in-house editor devoted to acquiring food studies manuscripts.
If that law had been passed and effectively enforced, it would have prevented the elder gunman from acquiring the handgun used in the massacre.
Predictions must involve either acquiring or losing love, wealth, or life itself--ideally a combination of all three.