In Portland's garden, once-practical objects acquire a new, almost dreamlike power.

If an object is placed into such a well and left there for a period of months or years the object acquires a stony exterior.

The object acquires its energy in the form of gravitational potential energy in this example.

And you all know how much velocity an object acquires hi that fall.

By virtue of some hours in the grave of an innocent, those objects acquired great power.

Instead, familiar objects are acquiring robotic qualities, the ability to process information and act on it.

Was the object lawfully acquired and if foreign in origin, imported in compliance with international law?

During the show the two objects acquired character traits.

Shaped by the museum's new architecture, these remarkable objects have acquired a different significance.

It has been recognized as part of a new trend in technology where inanimate objects acquire the ability to blog about their owners' activities.