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obtain

[uhb-teyn] / əbˈteɪn /


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The EU will now accelerate the process by adopting a "testbed", a simplified testing approach that will let companies avoid having to obtain approval on a country-by-country basis.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

MI5 said Chinese agents have approached more than 20,000 people in the U.K. on LinkedIn to obtain sensitive information.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The spectrometer also functions as an integral field unit, allowing scientists to obtain a spectrum at every location across a small region of sky.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Sanberg himself funded the contracts and used the inflated revenue numbers to obtain more loans.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

So getting hold of mercury was no problem; it was the glass tubes that were hard to obtain.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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