The phrase "act of acquiring" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the process or action of obtaining something, whether it be knowledge, property, or resources.
Example: "The act of acquiring new skills is essential for personal and professional growth."
Alternatives: "process of obtaining" or "action of gaining".
The act of acquiring new knowledge and ideas.
Gingeras is quite clear: "Of course not: you can't compare the act of acquiring with the art of creating.
The act of acquiring and spending (and owing), and the fine details of renovating and decorating, are integral too.
We love things not for their material function, but for the symbolic act of acquiring and possessing them – the thrill of anticipating a new thing, of being handed it by a smiling shop assistant, of pulling up at the golf club in an expensive new car.
The act of acquiring products – "selling stuff" from the retailer's point of view – has been commoditized.
Whether people eat to live or live to eat, the act of acquiring food is always fraught with symbolism, stories and an endlessly broad impact on society.
Presumably, this act of acquired belief is an act of the intellect and a response to the relative evidence of a given proposition or an entire syllogism taken together (see above An Evident Judgment).
Finally, the degree of HIV transmission risk of prohibited behaviors for each state was then categorized based on the estimated per-act probability of acquiring HIV from an infected source [ 24].
Edward Snowden's disclosures were partially responsible for reversing a massive growth in the use of a controversial provision of the Patriot Act for acquiring email and other so-called "business records", the US justice department's internal watchdog has found.
Hema showcases shopping as an innately social activity an activity of sensation, discovery, camaraderie while buying remains the act of simply acquiring something.
They differ in that the prodigal acts on the principle of acquiring means with the sole intention of enjoyment, while the avaricious act on the principle of acquiring means with the sole intention of possessing them.
