Jonathan Zittrain

The increasing legal pressure against archives has created anxieties among researchers, librarians, and journalists. They cite the need to protect sources who wish to make a record for posterity; procuring documents and interviews from those sources will be difficult if the fruits are only one subpoena away from disclosure.

American Educator

Theodor Mommsen

An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.

German Historian

Virginia Woolf

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share.

British Author

Markus Wolf

There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured important documents or information, not knowing who for, what service they worked for, and for a variety reasons got jailed, were tried and sentenced.

German Public Servant

Maria Montessori

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe', but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.

Italian Educator

Andrew Forrest

The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.

Australian Businessman

George Washington

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

American President

Epictetus

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Greek Philosopher

Baba Kalyani

India is the second biggest defence procurer in the world after the U.S.

Indian Businessman

Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

German Philosopher

Use 'procure' when effort is made to get something, not when it's easily available.

Effort Required

'Procure' is not just for buying, but for any means of obtaining, even borrowing.

More Than Shopping

The word 'procure' is slightly formal; use it in business or official contexts.

Slightly Formal

Use 'procure' to describe obtaining something as an achievement or result of efforts.

Achievement Link

'Procure' suggests you're actively involved in getting something, not just accepting an offer.

Active Effort

Think of 'procure' as getting something essential or specially needed, usually for a specific purpose.

Supplying Needs

'Procure' is often used in business and logistics to refer to the acquisition of resources.

Business Context

 which was procured through a design competition. And I think we need to start talking to those people who procure our bridges and our structures, because it's the procurement which is often the key. Design competitions is one way to get good design, but it's not the only one. There's an awful lot of procurement going on

Bridges should be...

 He decided he would let them go in exchange for gold, as was the custom, but only if they could fill the otter pelt with the finest gold until not even a hair was visible. Because of how the otter skin stretched, this meant procuring a nearly impossible amount—

The Norse myth that...

 the only people who can make cities are large organizations or corporations who build on our behalf, procuring whole neighborhoods in single, monolithic projects, and of course, form follows finance. So what you end up with are single, monolithic neighborhoods

Alastair Parvin:...

 And that's one of the reasons why I think many of you here will be on the dark net fairly soon. Not that I'm suggesting anyone in this audience would use it to go and procure high-quality narcotics. But let's say for a moment that you were.

How the mysterious dark...

 and motivate farmers to move away from rice plastic is very cheap true but I can make it as cheap I can with volumes and once when I get the volumes I get on to the farmers directly and start procuring raw materials directly from

A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...

 Chinese citizen Chae Chan Ping was ready for a visit home. He procured the necessary documents for his departure and return journey, and set sail for China, where he spent the next year reconnecting with friends and family.

The dark history of the...

 It looks at the territory of the United States as if it were a wheat field that is procured by the winds and that is really giving you a pictorial image of what's going on with the winds in the United States.

Paola Antonelli: Why I...

 were two packets of sugar. My failure to procure myself a cup of sweet, green tea was not due to a simple misunderstanding. This was due to a fundamental difference in our ideas about choice.

Sheena Iyengar: The art...

 that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them, when in fact, today I'm celebrated for the opportunities and adventures my life has procured.

The opportunity of...

 and we are now procuring a global stockpile of a half a million doses. But let me just say, Chris, the reason they came so quickly at that moment is, after September 11th,

Procure

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Slightly Formal

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