Example Sentences

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Procuring energy is among these obligations, the filing said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Procuring a set of these dice is a reliable way to get banned from family game night.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2023

Procuring the materials and labor to install them could delay rebuilding.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2022

Procuring the raw materials for batteries is another challenge.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022

Procuring a scrap of paper I retired behind a pile of crates and wrote in my large, clumsy hand, "You look out—you are going to be et."

From The Harbor by Poole, Ernest