Example Sentences

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It is a critical issue for governments threatened by low-cost, easily obtainable drones that can wreak outsize destruction, and are usually shot down only by the most advanced -- and expensive -- missile technologies.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Fuel-efficiency gains are self-evidently obtainable, driven by technology and market demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

"The key significance of this work is that this biomarker is obtainable from CTs that are performed widely in United States for various reasons," Dr. Demehri said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025

As a teenager, I wasn’t attracted in the same way to designer clothing, which was much less obtainable from where I sat in the suburbs.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024

I sat down, and listed some of the better wild plants and the more easily obtainable mammals and fish.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George