Synonyms for acquiring
ac·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

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1. List of paraphrases for "acquiring":

   acquisition, acquire, obtaining, purchase, gaining, purchasing, gain, absorbing, buying

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1. Klaus Helmrich:

   As part of New York-based CD-adapco Vision 2020, Siemens is acquiring New York-based CD-adapco and sharpening its focus on growth in digital business and expanding its portfolio in the area of industry software.

2. Van Gilder:

   I ’m charged with a felony, that could ruin my life. That could hurt my pension that I spent 34 years acquiring. And I could n’t vote. It’s not right, it’s not fair.

3. 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.

4. Andy Pekosz:

   We also need to realize case numbers are one of the things that [are] driving the likelihood of this virus acquiring mutations that make it more transmissible, if it’s a 1 in a million chance, we’ve let the dice roll 900,000 times because we haven’t been able to control cases out there. Controlling case numbers is going to be the most critical thing we do to lessen the likelihood of more variants.

5. Stuart Ritter:

   Achieving a goal is not something you accomplish in one or two turns, so you really need to be patient in acquiring resources and building the things you want to build, and not going for immediate gratification.