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Discover LudwigThe expression "acquire a lot" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when you want to describe someone obtaining a large amount of something. For example, "John has managed to acquire a lot of experience in his new job."
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They also acquire a lot of stuff.
Hoarders acquire a lot of things, but even more, they have terrible anxiety about getting rid of anything, no matter how useless it appears to be.
"Over centuries these trees acquire a lot of bumps and warts and scars and those can be really important homes for animals," Dr. Franklin said.
In these cases, you have a prediction problem – fight your intuition to acquire a lot of information, because you won't need it.
They used Craigslist to acquire a lot of free essentials instead of shipping larger items from the house they own in Hawaii.
Executives allowed their technology team to acquire a lot of products, but no one understood what the advanced tools were supposed to accomplish or how to use them.
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But Fox's conservatism has acquired a lot of curlicues.
I haven't acquired a lot of new habits.
These people are smart, they've acquired a lot of resources, and they're committed.
Sure, knowledge matters, and you've acquired a lot of it here.
Like most ambitious museums, Yale's is acquiring a lot of contemporary work.
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