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Definition
obtain (come into the possession of something)
- Almost 30 percent of people who died of C. diff didn't acquire it in a hospital, and over 20 percent didn't have diarrhea.p. 91.3
- He said "our zoologist" as if they were normal words to say in the course of everyday conversation, as if most people who reached a certain standing in life acquired a zoologist.p. 35.3
There are no more uses of "acquire" in Turtles All the Way Down.
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