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obtain
verb as in get, acquire
Strongest matches
access, achieve, attain, collect, earn, gain, gather, glean, have, pick up, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, secure, seize, take, win
Strong matches
accomplish, annex, capture, compass, cop, corral, effect, fetch, grab, hoard, inherit, invade, nab, occupy, pocket, salvage, save, score, snag, wangle
Weak matches
beg borrow or steal, chalk up, come by, drum up, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, gobble up, lay up, make use of, scrape together, scrape up
Example Sentences
Sansal, 75, obtained French nationality earlier this year but returned regularly to Algeria.
The customs documents obtained by the BBC suggest that Rama Group made two shipments to Moscow of high-end optics that can be used in missiles, tanks and aircraft.
Information on cardiovascular medicines was obtained from the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register.
In this way, they obtained spatially and temporally finely resolved locations where vultures fed.
The research team also obtained sound recordings of original Aztec death whistles as well as from handmade replicas.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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