The phrase "acquired off" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express obtaining something from a source, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "I acquired off a rare book from a local seller." (This should be rephrased for clarity.)
Alternatives: "obtained from" or "purchased from".
The Jets expect Lucas to start, but if he cannot, the job will go to Sage Rosenfels, a second-year pro from Iowa State who was acquired off waivers from Washington earlier this season.
AROUND THE LEAGUE Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh's star center, learned Tuesday that he would miss six to eight weeks with a high ankle sprain sustained Friday.... Phoenix signed goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, who was acquired off waivers Nov. 17, to a three-year contract extension.... Columbus put center Sergei Fedorov, 38, on the injured list with postconcussion symptoms.
The other major free agent decision the Giants will need to make is on right guard Jamon Brown, a player they acquired off waivers from the Rams at the midway point in the season last year.
Fill out an application, which can be acquired off the website.
Three others were acquired off the waiver wire, and 11 came as free agents.
Sedimentological and chemical analysis of gravity core samples, along with the interpretation of very high resolution, single channel seismic reflection profiles acquired off the Sarno prodelta system (southeastern Naples Bay), document the sedimentary facies and seismic stratigraphic signature of the tephra deposit erupted by Vesuvius during the plinian eruption of 79 AD.
Fabrications: A fabrication is a unique item that cannot be acquired off-the-shelf, has a useful life of more than one year, and is made of components that cumulatively cost $5,000 or more.
The changes in carbohydrate content induced by N-limited growth are reflected by changes in the shape of the spectra acquired off-line.
The spectra of dried S. cerevisiae fed-batch samples acquired off-line show spectral features typical for the constituents of biological cells (from refs (45 and 46)): The C=O stretching of ester groups in lipids leads to an absorption around 1730 cm 1.
We continually acquired off-axis interferograms of the sample for 50 hours at a rate of 2 frames per minute, and processed them to the quantitative OPD profile of the sample using digital spatial filtering and phase unwrapping algorithm, as explained in the beginning of Section 2. To calculate the cell OPD, we selected, at each frame, the area of interest containing only the analyzed cell.
Perhaps more ominous, Noe's efforts to acquire off-track betting parlors operated by New York City and other local governments have gone nowhere.
