10 sentences with 'acquired'

Example sentences and phrases with the word acquired and other words derived from it.

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« Wisdom is a deep knowledge that is acquired throughout life. »

acquired: Wisdom is a deep knowledge that is acquired throughout life.
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« A new site was acquired: Highland Park, with 24 hectares, on the outskirts of Detroit. »
« The police acquired a computer system in which they always have up-to-date data on criminals on hand. »
« He acquired mountain slopes with pine forests and, to transport it all to Dearborn, built his own Ford fleet. »
« Harry Bennett acquired control of this force sometime in the 1920s; after a purge, the department effectively became his own private army. »
« Similarly, all Roman aristocrats acquired their political power through military glory until the end of the republic, and even then military glory was all that was required for a man to achieve any kind of political importance. »
« Thus, priests in training who were fortunate enough to attend one of the best cathedral schools acquired a strong command of classical Latin and were aware of the high intellectual standards that had flourished in Rome's glory days. »
« The Romans quickly acquired a reputation for utter ruthlessness and even wanton cruelty, raping and/or killing the civilian inhabitants of conquered cities, enslaving thousands of people and, in some cases, completely annihilating entire populations. »
« Nero (r. 54 - 68 CE) was another Julian who acquired a terrible historical reputation; although he was quite popular during his early years as emperor, he eventually succumbed to a Caligula-like tendency to have elite Romans (including his domineering mother) killed. »
« His own poetry and writings became so popular among other educated people that he deserves great personal credit for having brought about the Renaissance itself; following Petrarch, the idea that the classical world could be "reborn" in northern Italy acquired great popularity and cultural force. »

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