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procurement

[proh-kyoor-muhnt, pruh-] / proʊˈkjʊər mənt, prə- /
NOUN
obtainment
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Disputed books have also been removed from Periyar Arivulagam, while anti-corruption officials examine procurement records and inspect other libraries, he added.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

“The first can happen quickly in the stock market. The second requires customers to make long-term architecture and procurement decisions around AMD,” he explained.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Skydance will spend about $9 billion on procurement and vendor management activities and figures it can reduce that by at least $1.4 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The company said it expected sales of roughly $14.77 billion in 2026, below prior guidance, due to procurement delays on lucrative contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

New ore deposits were discovered in western New Mexico, and procurement officials expressed high hopes for a scheme to extract uranium from phosphate processed by fertilizer manufacturers in Florida.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

By mid-2020, Peng “was no longer merely influencing the front end of procurements; she was requesting and managing a series of high-dollar Innive change orders herself,” the complaint states.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

The DPP budget includes up to about $30 billion of weapons procurements from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

The extensive list of procurements ranged from missiles to artillery, torpedoes, armoured vehicles, satellite systems and new uniforms as Berlin races to overhaul the long-neglected Bundeswehr.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

"These deals will further integrate the Saudi and US economies together, joint ventures in the kingdom, in the United States, procurements of American weapons and goods," says Mr Shihabi.

From BBC ● May 11, 2025

But for Brutus, his friends and countrymen, both by divers procurements, and sundry rumours of the city, and by many bills also, did openly call and procure him to do that he did.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey


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