The phrase "acquired otherwise" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something has been obtained in a different manner or through a different means than what is typically expected.
Example: "The information was acquired otherwise, through informal channels rather than official reports."
Alternatives: "obtained in another way" or "secured through different means."
On a personal level, I feel that my English-Arabic bilingualism has enabled me to gain a bicultural or even multicultural perspective that would have been difficult to acquire otherwise.
Neutron tomography is a powerful tool for acquiring otherwise unattainable information about the inner workings of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell.
This cost was not simply the expense of the bribe, but also the resources wasted by individuals in acquiring otherwise useless credentials and intriguing for appointments in the appropriate government bureaucracy.
Microelectrode or microwire recordings in epilepsy patients have previously been used to acquire otherwise unobtainable information on the neurophysiology of both epilepsy (Bragin et al., 1999; Staba et al., 2002; Ulbert et al., 2004 a, b ; Worrell et al., 2008) and normal cognition (Wang et al., 2005; Cash et al., 2009).
Syria, the resolution states, "shall not use, develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile or retain chemical weapons, or transfer, directly or indirectly, chemical weapons to other states or nonstate actors".
This way, if Theranos is acquired or otherwise liquidated, Holmes won't profit until more than $750 million is first returned to Theranos's shareholders.
Most of their competition has been acquired or otherwise sidelined, and the company is quickly forging business deals with the largest portals to help wean Zynga off their dependence on Facebook.
The site has forged unique deals with every major record label (and many indies too) that allows users to populate their online library with the music they already have on their computer (legally acquired or otherwise).
NeuStar, the company that specializes in providing data insights and intelligence for web, telecommunications, entertainment, advertising and marketing companies, today announced that it has acquired TARGUSinfo (otherwise known as Targus Information Corp).
