obtaining
- present participle of obtain.
Example Sentences
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One Connecticut practice is obtaining awards of roughly $440,000 for the procedure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"They can be instrumental artifacts or other structures in the debris disk. By obtaining a spectrum at the same time as the image, we were able to quickly confirm our suspicions."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Salgado Araujo’s son said his father had started his own business, had no criminal record and was close to obtaining legal status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Apple has asked the court to immediately prohibit OpenAI from obtaining or using any alleged confidential information and it is seeking unspecified monetary damages.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
One of the most reliable ways to acquire papers was through bribery, and this was the only area where I tolerated what were often unethical means of obtaining information.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
