procurement
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Rodriguez, who served on the board from 2013-16, said that during her tenure she focused on overhauling the procurement process to allow small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses to better compete for city contracts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Yet Apple had ignored analysts’ warnings and was caught off guard, said people familiar with the company’s procurement practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The bloc has let Canada into its defense procurement alliance and invited Carney and Canadian officials to attend key EU meetings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Since then, Njoki has tightened her firm's procurement controls.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
No sooner had Sherwood Butler, the laboratory’s head of procurement, set the final brick on a new building than his brother, Melvin, set about filling it with new employees.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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The committee has to sign off on any substantial defence procurements.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
The DPP budget includes up to about $30 billion of weapons procurements from the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
"These deals will further integrate the Saudi and US economies together, joint ventures in the kingdom, in the United States, procurements of American weapons and goods," says Mr Shihabi.
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
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
There were thousands of her citizens, full of health and talent, who adorned excesses of living by the tasteful procurements of wealth, and the highest accomplishments of mind.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various
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