Example Sentences

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Obtaining independent information outside of official channels is particularly difficult in Iran, where media access to areas outside the capital Tehran is limited or non-existent.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Obtaining dollars to buy raw materials like oil, flour or rice to then refine and process became Kazin’s chief preoccupation.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Obtaining a pardon was “about finding the right attorneys,” Banks explained.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Obtaining temporary protection from deportation “was so, so critical in getting immigrant workers to come forward,” Anand said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2025

Obtaining random samples is a difficult art, and the pollster doesn’t always succeed.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos