How to Use acquisitive in a Sentence

acquisitive

adjective
  • Allen Media Group has been acquisitive over the past six years.
    — William Earl, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • That streaming future is the one piece of the puzzle where Iger still appears acquisitive.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2023
  • Its Tokyo bosses seem excited by the prospects, but both organic and acquisitive growth will be tricky.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Mashups are now constructed with no real deliberateness but as part of a steady acquisitive spree through the videos that crowd our screens.
    — Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The condition for the survival of an acquisitive society is twofold.
    — Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
  • Amazon is a machine that stimulates the acquisitive urge of readers.
    — Gary Wolf, WIRED, 23 Oct. 2003
  • And some vinyl heads treat music mainly as an acquisitive hobby, like sneaker collecting.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022
  • This uncanny permanence fails to spark the acquisitive impulse in us.
    — Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
  • No sooner is the apple of my acquisitive eye safely in my apartment but the little voice inside me begins to whisper doubts.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 18 July 2018
  • Berkshire Bank has been one of New England’s most acquisitive banks in recent years.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • And the hyper-acquisitive Broadcom was running low on options among chip makers.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2018
  • The film casts a cynical side-eye at the acquisitive ethos of the Reagan ’80s, told with a hypnotic sense of style.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Italy’s acquisitive Medici dynasty acquired it a few decades after the codex was completed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Moreover, the streamers that have taken a more acquisitive approach to live sports content are highly selective.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • As a result, Go-Jek and Grab have turned acquisitive, buying up smaller startups that can enhance their apps.
    — Shuli Ren | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 2 May 2019
  • So the acquisitive company, acting more like a buyout firm than a manufacturer, has turned to software.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 12 July 2018
  • Even during the Reagan years, Jann tapped into the acquisitive lifestyle of the '80s.
    — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • For the truly acquisitive, working within the dimensions of existing closets doesn’t cut it.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Adding to the complexity of the supply chain is that Ferguson is an acquisitive company.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • The wobbliest of unicorns may also rethink their store expansion strategies and/or run into the arms of an acquisitive suitor.
    — Steve Dennis, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Logan and his children grapple not only with the issue inherent in the show's title, but also fending off acquisitive rivals.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Most musicians are record collectors, and every record collector has an acquisitive gene that drives him or her to chase down the hallowed bootleg, the alternate take, the rare remix.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Retail e-commerce penetration had surged during the pandemic, which brought a rush of acquisitive capital into the space.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • As Canva reckons with dramatic changes in the market, the design software vendor is getting acquisitive.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
  • However, his acquisitive wife, who had no such scruples, accepted in his stead, and this became the Summer White House.
    — Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Digital Bridge has built a name as an acquisitive player in the telecommunications space since its launch in 2013.
    — Jaewon Kang, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Building out that platform and benefiting as more teams are plugged into it has meant Leonsis and MSE have stayed acquisitive.
    — Ian Thomas, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The first is that Gen Z is simply growing older and that the oldest members of the generation, now 26, are reaching the acquisitive point of their lives.
    — Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Millennials are aged 29 to 44 years old this year and are in a highly acquisitive life stage – getting married, starting families and buying first homes.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In a sense, the streaming service's acquisitive instincts have a lot in common with the Norseman depicted here, even if the modern content pillagers show up in designer shoes rather than muddy boots and boats.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 24 Feb. 2022

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