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
Fox obtained its FanDuel purchase option through Flutter’s acquisition of The Stars Group, which turned Fox’s option in The Stars Group into one for FanDuel.
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 10 July 2025
The collection is the result of a partnership between Piece of Magic Entertainment and Vue Lumière following the latter’s acquisition of rights from BBC Studios.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 July 2025
The acquisition of the Iron Dome system is a historic decision.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
After the acquisition, Hardee's converted more than 150 Roy Rogers restaurants into Hardee's locations and sold more than 350 locations to other restaurant chains including Boston Chicken, Wendy's and McDonald's.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 June 2025
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 10 July 2025
The collection is the result of a partnership between Piece of Magic Entertainment and Vue Lumière following the latter’s acquisition of rights from BBC Studios.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 July 2025
The acquisition of the Iron Dome system is a historic decision.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
After the acquisition, Hardee's converted more than 150 Roy Rogers restaurants into Hardee's locations and sold more than 350 locations to other restaurant chains including Boston Chicken, Wendy's and McDonald's.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquisition
accession
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Recent bilateral defense agreements with all five Nordic countries and the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, in 2023 and 2024, respectively, have strengthened collective defense in the Arctic.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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The King's cousins Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester and Prince Richard's wife, Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester, also stepped out on the terrace of the royal residence and have supported the King at every Trooping since his accession in September 2022.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
14 June 2025
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“Acquisition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquisition. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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