gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
earning the first (runs); preoccupation
close coverage (of an event, celebrity, etc.); close reporting; total coverage
overdose; excessive consumption
press corps; group of reporters
intake (nutrients, calories, etc.); intake amount
adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option
capture; looting; plundering; abduction (using violence or threats); kidnapping
seeing through; perceiving; noticing; getting wind of
team of reporters; news crew
listener ratings (radio, etc.); listenership
drawing water from river or lake; water intake
enterprising; go-ahead; progressive
acquisition of a qualification
child abduction; kidnapping of a minor
scoring in succession (points, sets, etc.)
interviewee; subject of an interview
intake tower; outlet tower
listener (of radio, streaming audio content, etc.); audience
progressive (enterprising) spirit
intake port; water intake; sluice gate
on-the-spot interview by surrounding reporters
job satisfaction exploitation; trading off wages against "rewards"
on-the-ground reporter; news reporter; legman
forfeiture (of assets); confiscation
voluntary questioning (by the police); voluntary interview
collection (of post from a mailbox, etc.)
fractionation; batching; isolation
acquisition of nationality; naturalization
overseas reporting; covering a story abroad
source (for a news article, etc.)
exploiting class; exploiting classes
feeling; sensing; understanding intuitively
taking (score) the first two points of the game
seizure; plunder; robbery; taking something by force
reporting location; news-gathering site; the scene
(crime of) kidnapping; (crime of) abduction
deposition; record of testimony
statutory lien; preferential right; prior claim
listener's fee; radio license fee
doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response
usucaption; acquisitive prescription; positive prescription
acquisitive prescription; positive prescription
coursework completed without degree; withdrawal from a course having completed the coursework
enterprising and daring; boldly forward-looking
make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject
record of statement (written by the investigator); deposition; record of oral statement
filtrand; filter residue; residue
collecting; gathering; collection
tolerable daily intake; TDI
automobile acquisition tax
begging the question (rhetorical fallacy); petitio principii
real estate acquisition tax
provisional tolerable weekly intake; PTWI
cost of acquisition; acquisition cost
interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context