How to Use procurement in a Sentence

procurement

noun
  • But that was well over a year ago, and the procurement process has crawled ever since.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This has led to short-term delays in arms contracts and procurement.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Balaicz said the project was still in the public procurement phase.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Bowman did a good job in procurement last spring, but the downbeat on the crop was foot speed.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • What do the early days of procurement tell us about the new direction?
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Mayotte said the city is about to start the procurement and bidding process for a vendor.
    Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Under a state of emergency, since time is of the essence, the procurement rules are waived.
    Laura Hancock, cleveland, 17 June 2021
  • Bamboo takes only five years to mature, so procurement is not hard.
    Tazeen Qureshy, Quartz, 4 May 2023
  • What kind of line items fill out this more mindful military procurement?
    Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2020
  • That delayed the start of the procurement process, Martone said.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The future of procurement is coming fast.
    Mahesh Rajasekharan, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Is your procurement team aware of your new cyber requirements?
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • That is why the benchmark reads less like research and more like a procurement manual.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Their procurement problem is rarely about finding the lowest price.
    Krutarth Shah, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The way the money works is each product has costs built in, from shipping to procurement to printing.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The text, meanwhile, was regarding the procurement of a steroid.
    Skyler Trepel Published, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The problem is that there is no formal procurement process for open source components.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The procurement planned last year has been delayed, largely due to the pandemic.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The threat from Iran is driving procurement from the Emirates.
    Ellen Nakashima, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Details can be found on the county’s procurement notices and awards website.
    Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Duke said the rate increase is needed to cover its cost of procurement and delivery.
    Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2024
  • That new process would be run outside of the police department by the city procurement office.
    Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Many of these dynamics play out during the procurement phase, before ground is even broken on a new project.
    Francesco Decarolis, Harvard Business Review, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The county did not address the merits of the procurement challenge.
    Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • This is where sourcing matters more than most procurement models assume.
    David Noy, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The firm offers a full range of services from schematics to furniture and art procurement.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The question is whether governance structures and procurement models can evolve fast enough to use them.
    Chase Garbarino, Fortune, 15 May 2026
  • Our clunky, Cold War-era process of defense procurement is in need of a major refresh.
    Dr. Will Roper, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2021
  • The true reason for the procurement posting is unclear, as is when or if the work was even initiated.
    Rich Edson, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Some firms have a bona fide procurement department with a CPO.
    Mahesh Rajasekharan, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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