procurement
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We encourage all readers to speak with their physicians, their local organ procurement organizations and their families about organ donation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
BAE Systems unveiled Britain's first sovereign CCA at Farnborough, though London has yet to commit to a procurement decision, leaving the field open to competitors.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The MoD added: "We are also developing the next generation of body armour through our Complex Geometry Body Armour Programme, which will enable the procurement of curved body armour plates."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Another challenge for Burnham if he does spend more on defence is reforming defence procurement - buying and developing planes, ships, vehicles and weapons - which has been historically wasteful.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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
By mid-2020, Peng “was no longer merely influencing the front end of procurements; she was requesting and managing a series of high-dollar Innive change orders herself,” the complaint states.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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
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
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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