procure

Example Sentences

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Atkinson said: "Peter Wai was willing to procure or assist in unauthorised checks on the Police National Computer."

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

US-Nigerian cooperation going forward will involve "the whole gamut of intel sharing, sharing... tactics, techniques, and procedures, as well as enabling them to procure more equipment," Brennan said.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

To make the fakes, sanctioned North Korean companies must procure raw tobacco from around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Subsequent Chinese leaders have stepped up spending to procure foreign technology and support indigenous weapons development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

This very morning, she announces, she has managed to procure what might be the last two crates of peaches in France.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr