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procurement

[proh-kyoor-muhnt, pruh-] / proʊˈkjʊər mənt, prə- /
NOUN
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A Chinese university tied to the nation's defence establishment was able to buy advanced Nvidia chips, according to procurement notices from October and September.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Disputed books have also been removed from Periyar Arivulagam, while anti-corruption officials examine procurement records and inspect other libraries, he added.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

SoftBank Group booked a loss of ¥597.2 billion due to procurement plan changes for power generation-related equipment for artificial-intelligence data-center projects in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Skydance will spend about $9 billion on procurement and vendor management activities and figures it can reduce that by at least $1.4 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 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 DPP budget includes up to about $30 billion of weapons procurements from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

The extensive list of procurements ranged from missiles to artillery, torpedoes, armoured vehicles, satellite systems and new uniforms as Berlin races to overhaul the long-neglected Bundeswehr.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

When asked whether it was struggling to find ports who would agree to moor the barges, the Home Office said it did not comment on "ongoing procurements".

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024

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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