obtained
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Paul Reubens’ immediate cause of death was acute hypoxic respiratory failure, says his death certificate obtained by news outlets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
"The resources obtained will be used to continue strengthening the fiscal and financial position of the Argentine Republic," the government said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The Journal obtained those figures for 14 individual departments in five states and compared them with per-officer payout amounts and program requirements published by DHS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The so-called lock-in effect, where people hold on to ultralow-rate mortgages obtained during the pandemic, “is creating a supply floor which will keep inventory from exploding and will keep prices from dropping dramatically,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
“I knew that the results I obtained were not easily compatible with our contemporary science,” Mendel wrote, and “an isolated experiment might be doubly dangerous.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
