vetting

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The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital, with $210 billion in lending authority, is vetting companies like Performance Drone Works and Neros Technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

When asked, Grimes agreed it had been "a failure of the vetting process".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

But questions involving visas, border controls and security vetting ultimately remain under US jurisdiction rather than Fifa regulations.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

A few weeks ago it was the scandal over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington despite concerns about whether Mr. Mandelson had passed a national-security vetting procedure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

He was struck by the nonchalance of Lawrence’s decision making: there had been no search committee; no bureaucratic procedure or vetting of candidates.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik