Antonyms for acquiringac·quir·ing

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1. acquiring, gettingnoun

   the act of acquiring something

   "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

   Synonyms:
   getting

How to use acquiring in a sentence?

1. James Madison:

   A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to Farce, or a Tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

2. Denis Diderot:

   There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

3. Tokio Marine President Tsuyoshi Nagano:

   The price is high, but U.S. financial companies' share prices are already traded at a premium and on top of which, we have to pay premium for acquiring control of the company, we have to pay money, otherwise, we cannot find a good partner.

4. RJ Intindola:

   No one has gone through life without acquiring scars and bruises. Some wounds are hidden inside us and only we can feel. They are badges of our day-to-day struggle to learn and survive. RJ Intindola – 1981

5. Leana Wen:

   Simply saying that you don't want to get Covid because you might become severely ill in the short term is not the full answer, because there may be people who don't become severely ill enough to be hospitalized immediately but may have multiple consequences. Again, that underscores the need for vaccination in order to reduce the chance of acquiring Covid in the first place.

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