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
Trade deadline acquisition Kristaps Porzingis, fresh off an eventful pregame press conference, watched from the bench.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
Grand Theft Auto Five is coming to Madison Square Garden — and the acquisition couldn’t have come at a better time.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
The news marks the latest acquisition by the Schorsch family's Heritage Group, which began acquiring historic Newport restaurants in 2017 and has since expanded their portfolio to restaurants in Providence, North Kingstown, South Kingstown and Middletown.
—Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 7 Feb. 2026
At the heart of the attention on the Langs is the revelation that Caroline Lang partnered with Epstein in 2016 in a company called Pyrtanée LLC specializing in the acquisition of work by emerging French artists, while Jack Lang is shown to have solicited funds from the financier to make a film.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
Grand Theft Auto Five is coming to Madison Square Garden — and the acquisition couldn’t have come at a better time.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
The news marks the latest acquisition by the Schorsch family's Heritage Group, which began acquiring historic Newport restaurants in 2017 and has since expanded their portfolio to restaurants in Providence, North Kingstown, South Kingstown and Middletown.
—Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 7 Feb. 2026
At the heart of the attention on the Langs is the revelation that Caroline Lang partnered with Epstein in 2016 in a company called Pyrtanée LLC specializing in the acquisition of work by emerging French artists, while Jack Lang is shown to have solicited funds from the financier to make a film.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquisition
accession
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The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO in 2023 and 2024 has effectively split the Arctic region into two roughly even halves: one controlled by Russia and one by NATO.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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The heightened interest in the crowded Democratic field is a nod to the rare opportunity that comes with vacant House seats, typically brought by retirements, death, or accession into a higher or statewide office.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Acquisition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquisition. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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