as in earned
to receive as return for effort
a reputation for integrity and incorruptibility that has procured for him the universal respect and admiration of his colleagues
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Recent Examples of procured
Can good accommodations be procured within reach of a moderate purse?
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Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
The Navy did not disclose the contract’s value or the exact quantity to be procured.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
If that document is lost, stolen or damaged, a replacement can be procured for a small cost at your local DMV.
—Stuart Dyos, USA Today, 9 Dec. 2025
Of the frigates procured, Phelan said the first two will continue construction but remain under review, while the last four, which have not begun construction, will be canceled.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
This ultra colorful shop on Orange Avenue has a wide assortment of gifts — all sustainably made and procured from more than 35 countries.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Wines of the quality procured by club director Dave Shefferman normally cost multiples of the amount that is charged per bottle for each quarterly shipment.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2025
Donated human fat, to be exact, which has been procured from cadavers and meticulously processed into a thick injectable called Alloclae.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 19 Nov. 2025
Footwear is procured from an international network of over 800 sellers across 30 to 40 countries by Rachmansky’s team, which has grown from a one-man operation to 25 employees.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procured
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Snow is also coming off of a performance in Netflix's The Beast in Me, which earned a Golden Globes nod in the Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television category, as well as two other nominations for performances by leads Matthew Rhys and Claire Danes.—
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On the television side, popular shows like The Pitt, and The Studio won big at the Golden Globes, with Noah Wyle winning for his dramatic performance in the medical series, while Seth Rogen earned a Globe for his work in the streaming comedy.—
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The lone exceptions have been health care – an industry growing as a result of an aging population – and leisure and hospitality, which has reaped some of the spoils from an increasingly bifurcated economy.—
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Schools reaped more than half the total collections in recent years.—
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The Bruins won for the fifth time in six games despite going 0 for 6 on the power play a day after beating the Rangers 10-2.—
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One Battle After Another led the show's nominations with nine in total, including Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and nods for his costars Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Teyana Taylor, who won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture.—
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The Hurricanes are a plus-3 in the playoffs (five gained, two lost) and plus-12 on the season (25 gained, 13 lost), while Ole Miss is plus-2 in playoffs (four gained, two lost) and even on the season (14 gained, 14 lost).—
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Thus, over time, Williams gained appreciation for Johnson’s motives, for his communication style, most of all for his consistency.—
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The findings suggest that the ice is 20 and 23 km deep at the north-pole with an average of 25 to 28 km globally – slightly deeper than previous estimates obtained using other remote sensing and modeling techniques, as per the release.—
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Images obtained by local media show firefighters extinguishing massive flames, and photos of the aftermath show the factory's siding completely burned, leaving the interior of the building exposed.—
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Recently, researchers have made a major leap forward by engineering a novel cathode material that dramatically elevates performance, bringing us closer to practical, high-efficiency thermal energy systems.—
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Joonas Korpisalo made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season and the eighth of his career, Viktor Arvidsson scored and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 on Sunday.—
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The anthology series, which has garnered accolades at the New York Festivals Radio Awards and the Irish Podcast Awards, was brought to the stage with a live show at the London Podcast Festival in 2022 and a second live show in Dublin in 2023.—
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That clip, which garnered more than a million views in 24 hours and has 9 million-plus views in total, turned my 82-year-old mother into a viral sensation.—
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By 1996, Joe broke through in commercial work and got into television.—
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Multiple King of Fire, which got its start as a food truck and expanded to a permanent space in uptown Charlotte, plans to open a 3,484-square-foot space at CrossRidge Center across the border in Indian Land, South Carolina.—
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“Procured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procured. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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