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The phrase "acquired in the name of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts to indicate that something has been obtained or purchased on behalf of someone else or an entity.
Example: "The property was acquired in the name of the corporation to ensure proper ownership and liability."
Alternatives: "obtained on behalf of" or "purchased in the name of".
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Acquired in the name of a dozen different BVI companies, the purchases were fuelled by loans from RBS (again) and the then Britannia building society.
Mortgage bonds guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-run housing giants, were acquired in the name of market stability after their regulator seized the agencies in 2008.
Ironically, Takfiris opposed the 1947 partition of India and saw Pakistan, a country acquired in the name of Islam, as a deviant nation.
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They asked what brand of justice the supreme court was practising when it refused to review the meaning of "public purpose" in the land acquisition act even when it knew that the government was forcibly acquiring land in the name of "public purpose" to give to private corporations.
Poliglecaprone (PGC) was acquired in the form of absorbable surgical sutures under the trade name of Monocryl® (Ethicon).
In April Stephen Jupe was convicted in England of fraud after he acquired the name of a small, long-defunct distillery, then proceeded to sell $7.5 million of rather ordinary booze as Grandtully Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
But on Tuesday, MetLife took the next step and it acquired the name of the stadium.
The 1803 Louisiana Purchase — by which the U.S. acquired more slaveholding territory in the name of national expansion — set off the dynamic that led to the Civil War.
By reviewing the literature, this problem has gained growing attention in the recent years, acquiring the name of "consensus" or "ensemble" clustering [23].
By using deep learning, the robot acquires the name of the object from the camera image.
As the result of an excellent campaign, supported by figures such as Julian Barnes, Lisa Appignanesi, Christopher Hampton and Simon Callow, the building was generously acquired by a private individual in the name of the Rimbaud & Verlaine Foundation, a charity.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com