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is procuring

  • present progressive of procure (3rd person singular).

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As part of an initiative with the World Bank, the PMD is procuring new radars and automatic weather stations, as well as working to improve its short-term modelling.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2025

Additionally, the announcement said ESA is procuring an alternative flight opportunity with “a commercial service provider” to test the agency’s Pilot-D for precision landing and hazard avoidance.

From Scientific American Apr. 25, 2022

He said he has one staff person whose full-time job now is procuring tests; the state is also working with another manufacturer to diversify supply.

From Washington Post Dec. 9, 2021

“I applaud Mayor Garcia for taking some leadership in all this, but the challenge is procuring the equipment to stack that high,” Matt Schrap said.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2021

The Government is procuring a confidential record of the chemical composition and mode of manufacture of all explosives, fuses, etc., which are on the market.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Wilson, Herbert M.