The only piece of equipment used was a little beating machine which the family had previously acquired from Europe.

When he was six, Martin's family acquired a piano that sparked his interest in music.

Now comes word that the first family may be acquiring a first dog.

This trade helps to create inequality, as some families acquire more goods than others do.

The present owner's family acquired the complex in the 1950s.

The family acquired the Herald, their first newspaper, in 1846.

The families made the long journey to Iowa and acquired many acres of land.

From 1950 until the middle of the 1960s a family by the name of Simmons had acquired the home.

I've developed a new admiration for gardeners ever since my family acquired our own garden, in the heart of the city.

He claimed that this was how the family had acquired the vast wealth.