obtain
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Although vacuum birefringence was predicted in the 1930s, Dr. Lower said scientists have yet to obtain a definitive detection.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
After all, the very nature of how Green Lanterns obtain their superhuman abilities involves cosmically empowered rings choosing their wearers.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The waiver has let California obtain more fuel from Gulf of Mexico refineries, which has reduced the spread between the state’s gasoline prices and the national average by about 25 cents a gallon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In those early days, though, it was also used to obtain them.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
Stone argued that a federal amendment would be easier to obtain once women showed that they could manage the vote on a state level.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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The Social Security Administration obtains medical records to determine a person’s eligibility when they apply for disability benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
And if the inmate obtains a new injunction, he can be transferred again, and the whole process starts over.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
The number of championship rings a player obtains is dependent on teammates and coaching systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
"Immediate supply shortages" were not expected as Germany only obtains a small proportion of its energy supplies from the Middle East, it said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
“It was a most beautiful sight one obtains in the descent of the car, for then the whole fair grounds is laid before you,” Gronau said.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Degree apprenticeships might look to some like an attractive alternative, but the Freedom of Information data obtained by the BBC suggests they are hard to come by.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Tail hedges remain ridiculously cheap,” said Goldman Sachs’ Rich Privorotsky in commentary obtained by MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
For proof of concept, Quiñones proposed using a February 2021 public voter list he’d obtained for New Jersey and running it through HSI’s databases.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Atlantic magazine earlier this month said it had obtained the original book proposal, and found the published memoir diverged notably with Arday’s earlier accounts of his life and the proposal itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
As schoolchildren learn, at that meeting the Pilgrims obtained the services of Tisquantum, usually known as “Squanto.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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In some cases, they are seeking to add new skills, obtaining certifications to demonstrate their fluency in the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Inflation has soared since the COVID-19 pandemic, government reimbursement for Medi-Cal patients and the uninsured often doesn’t cover costs, and providers say they frequently have difficulties obtaining full payment from insurers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The tests include so-called "capture-the-flag" evaluations in which Claude was tasked with obtaining information by breaching other systems - a common way that experts assess a model's hacking capabilities.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The time commitments involved in obtaining these credentials vary.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The alternatives, he says, will be the obtaining of professional status, or, by 1971, reduction to the role of spectacle-sellers.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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