From here however, the company became increasingly acquisitive and ambitious. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
An acquisitive mind. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Given MSFT cash position, being acquisitive is smart. From Wordnik.com. [Why Steve Ballmer Will Keep Chasing Yahoo - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Police minister Vernon Coaker acknowledged the "new challenges" of burglary and other so-called acquisitive crimes. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Police have previously warned that the fall out of the economic downturn could see a rise in so-called acquisitive crime. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
First of all, I've been really busy being "acquisitive" lately. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion World of SL] Reference
The prize is acquisitive, meaning the winning artwork goes to Mr Sellers. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
"acquisitive" crimes, including burglary, as a result of the economic downturn. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Above all, Americans were ambitious and acquisitive. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy In America] Reference
War, and acquisitive instinct; and hate; and pugnacity. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
With some men, I suppose, it's just an acquisitive nature. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Was it triumph that I read in those brown acquisitive eyes?. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet American]
A strong yen isn't welcomed only by acquisitive Japanese companies. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese Deal Makers, at Least, Like Yen Strength] Reference
The once-acquisitive developer's joke, after all, is about kleptomania. From Wordnik.com. ['Old Jew' Harry Macklowe Tells a Joke (Updated)] Reference
There was crimson in her cheek and a weird, acquisitive glint in her eye. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
Will this company be acquisitive and go after one of the broadcast networks?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2001] Reference
Also helping fuel the day's rally, acquisitive comments from Cisco Systems CEO. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2001] Reference
I was and still am acquisitive of worldly things and knowledge alike, yet humble. From Wordnik.com. [The Stream and The Torrent] Reference
The ever acquisitive Mr. Buffett buys companies almost on a monthly basis, it seems. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2006] Reference
This same nation, of course, has now unleashed history's greatest acquisitive binge. From Wordnik.com. [The Limits Of Materialism] Reference
With an elegant H embroidered by a devoted if slightly witchlike and acquisitive hand. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Dolphin]
He was a youth of dreamy habits and acquisitive tastes, but sometimes made a good stew. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
Civilization, and acquisitive instinct; control of instincts in; factors in development of. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
The seven ages of man have been well tabulated by somebody or other on an acquisitive basis. From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
There are early rumblings of some acquisitive strategies in the banking landscape even then. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with John Medlin, May 24, 1999. Interview I-0076. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
IBM is just as acquisitive as rivals, of course, so R & D certainly isn't its only growth driver. From Wordnik.com. [Big Blue's R] Reference
There were those who held that the cloak might have been carried off by some acquisitive individual. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
In this case I chose the natural acquisitive instinct of man as opposed to blind chance and accident. From Wordnik.com. [The Misplaced Battleship] Reference
Truly, the Khalifa must have been a strange man, with a fine acquisitive instinct abnormally cultivated. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
Waving the report at me, she walked away, but not before I caught the keen acquisitive glint in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [While Other People Sleep]
Besides, cannot you see that Dave has his greedy, acquisitive eye on a seat at the top table in Brussels. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
DAVID BUIK, BGC PARTNERS: They have been on the acquisitive trail now, for a period of about 10 to 12 years. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2010] Reference
Also, it's been a bit acquisitive of late which provides more opportunity to disappoint the short-term crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Value, Splendid Returns] Reference
But in the real world, there is a legitimate issue of efficiency facing globally acquisitive state companies. From Wordnik.com. [The New State Capitalists] Reference
Let this sad relation be a warning to all who look with acquisitive eyes on the scented jacket of our "Reynard.". From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
"It had been acquisitive, lots of exceptional items, very poor cash flow and an inflating balance sheet," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Connaught administrators say they need goodwill of councils] Reference
About this time the native village of Jelil yielded to our acquisitive pioneers an upholstered sofa and arm-chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
His acquisitive mind was never idle, and in 1732 he began the publication of the celebrated "Poor Richard's Almanac.". From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Steel and Electricity] Reference
The acquisitive impulse, which is also rather early in appearance, has an increasing share in this sort of moralization. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
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