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procurement

[proh-kyoor-muhnt, pruh‑] / proʊˈkjʊər mənt, prə‑ /
NOUN
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The Pentagon decision upheld on Friday was based on public procurement regulations and now remains in effect.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

The EU commission said in a statement that the agreement would also touch on government procurement contracts, intellectual property, digital trade and sustainability agreements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

And this year Canada became the first non-EU country to join the bloc's defence procurement programme.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

“CDC is finalizing decisions regarding COVID-19 vaccine procurement through the Vaccines for Children and Section 317 programs, and additional information will be available soon,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

The committee has to sign off on any substantial defence procurements.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 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

"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

He predicted that a situation like last September — when the grid hit record-high demand, at about 52,000 megawatts — could likely be managed with the state’s contingency resources and additional market procurements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

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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