procured

past tense of procure

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Recent Examples of procured Boats four through eight will be procured at a rate of one submarine per year over the next five years, with the program costing about $62 billion. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026 Sam Crampton, of O,R&L Commercial, represented the landlord, Ezra Holdings, LLC and also procured the tenant in the transaction. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2026 So, the day before the England quarterfinal, Argentina procured a lighter shirt, with faint vertical stripes, from a run-of-the-mill Mexico City sports shop. Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026 The flowers must be procured, the tents put up in the garden, and the finishing touches added around the home before her guests arrive. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 Judges are obligated to give high deference to arbitrators and are expected to uphold awards so long as the award was not procured by fraud and the arbitrator didn’t fail to consider relevant evidence or follow basic legal principles. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026 However, Paturel said, it will be delayed until the remaining $3 million is procured. Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026 Tickets -- which can be procured online or by calling 501-279-5777 -- are required for guest seating, but the ceremonies can also be livestreamed here. Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2026 First, face wash, procured by her parents from Costco. Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procured
Verb
  • Smith played a key role in the 49ers’ dominant defense in the early 2010s under head coach Jim Harbaugh, which earned San Francisco an NFC championship and appearance in Super Bowl XLVII, which the 49ers lost to the Baltimore Ravens.
    Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
  • Research from a social-commerce platform found that the top 10% of digital creators earned more than $53,715 each during a three-month period alone.
    ByBryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Year after year, his former (although now very distant) billionaires club has reaped a growing number of members — from tech titans to celebrities.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • Software engineers have largely reaped the benefits of AI agents, but workers in other roles have been slower to adopt the technology.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Augie Garrido—While at Cal State Fullerton, Garrido’s baseball teams won three national championships, made seven College World Series appearances and 16 conference championships including 11 in a row (1974-84).
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Georgia finished the season with a record of 53-14, won the SEC regular season and tournament titles, along with punching its first ticket back to Omaha for the first time since 2008.
    Hunter DeLauder, AJC.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Per Betsperts Golf, Henley is sixth in this field for total strokes gained at similar courses to Shinnecock over the last three years.
    Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • As media monopolies gained control of discourse, a new feudalism arose.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • The Grammy-winning rapper, 41, filed for divorce from his podcaster wife, 46, on May 18 after separating May 9, according to a divorce filing obtained and reviewed by the USA TODAY Network on June 15.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Nearly 2,300 people who obtained diplomas or transcripts from Noreus got licenses by passing the board exams and went on to work as nurses across the country, court documents said.
    James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • The Greens made a key alliance with the Triarchy to fortify its naval forces.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • And then there are the uptempo perennials that made Highland, California the giddiest place on earth.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Since starting his RedNote account last month, Ma has garnered more than 210,000 followers.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
  • Witt has garnered 890,575 votes.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • In North Texas’ first World Cup match since 1994, Japan got a late equalizer to battle to a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands on Sunday at AT&T Stadium.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
  • As the clock ticked down, Fox missed a 3-pointer and the Knicks got the rebound.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026

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