obtain

In a sentence

Six example sentences with obtain, each labelled with its topic.

• Small firms obtain credit far more slowly than large ones, even when both show the same repayment record.

  Finance

• Anyone may obtain a copy of the deed for a small fee, though the office still mails it on paper.

  Law

• It took three winters to obtain the shot he wanted, a frozen lake with one line of tracks crossing it.

  Photography

• You must obtain the permit in the capital before heading north, since the mountain office cannot issue one.

  Travel

• The team spent two seasons trying to obtain an ice core long enough to reach the last warm period.

  Science

• Good saffron is hard to obtain outside the city, so she bought a year's supply on every visit.

  Cooking

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More Academic words

• edition
• constitute
• shift
• accurate
• funds
• visible
• sufficient
• transportation
• theory
• react
• encounter
• reliable