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The phrase "acquire a number of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of obtaining multiple items, skills, or experiences.
Example: "In order to succeed in this project, we need to acquire a number of resources."
Alternatives: "obtain several" or "gain multiple".
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For general tasks, it's best to acquire a number of twist drills (sometimes called Morse drills).
As you may see, students can acquire a number of direct and indirect financial benefits with their college degree.
Farrar did acquire a number of established writers (Theodor Reik, for one), and he presided over several best-selling novelists, but the FS list was somewhat schizophrenic.
Consider an algebraic curve in 3-space; when projected generically to a plane, it will acquire a number of double points.
Mergers are almost certain to be of critical importance, because Callahan needs more scale in Germany and it also needs to acquire a number of companies that actually own the wires into customers' homes.
Yeshiva University was able to acquire a number of rare materials (including Jewish Americana), publish a catalog of its incunabula and make its Judaica collection accessible to students and scholars through gifts from the Jesselsons and the Jesselson Family Trust.
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On campus, she acquired a number of nicknames, including Chemical Katehi.
Through Mme von Breuning, Beethoven acquired a number of wealthy pupils.
But before Murdoch was thirty he had acquired a number of newspapers and a TV station.
He acquired a number of patents on improvements to these types of items.
Alexander Agassiz acquired a number of important additional collections in the 1880's.
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