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obtain

[uhb-teyn] / əbˈteɪn /


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The results also raise questions about whether current nutrition recommendations could do a better job of helping people obtain beneficial compounds such as flavanols.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

Media companies seeking to use more than snippets of the speech must obtain a license from the estate until the copyright expires in 2058, 95 years after publication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

But with Ebola, each patient has to be tested twice for the infection and obtain negative results before being allowed to go home.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

If he doesn’t obtain a deal from Iran, he will lose at home as well—along with his reputation as a master of “the art of the deal.”

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026

Maybe he would have another vision, and somehow obtain an answer.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich




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