logistics

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Whether or not the logistics are there, or if there's the time to make it happen, I don't know.

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  1. noun The aspect of military operations that deals with the procurement, distribution, maintenance, and replacement of materiel and personnel.
  2. noun The management of the details of an operation.

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  • Due to the lack of logistics, as well as the finances even if all of the logistics were in place, alternate methods are necessary in order to have the basics that those in more financially fortunate areas of the world have. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • (GAO111002) specifically designed for applications such as logistics, anti-counterfeiting, access control and for use in harsh industrial environments. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Due to logistics, the Convocation was not open to everyone, but these discussions are not meant to be limited to attendees. —  UUpdates - All updates
  • But regardless of all the logistics, the founders of Skype may soon be at the helm of the company they built and sold to eBay. —  Mashable!
  • At this point, Dean said, discussions about procurement and other logistics are still taking place, and the project may have to begin with a pilot program. —  NashvillePost.com
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  1. French logistiques, from logistique, logic (perhaps influenced by loger, to quarter), from Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation; see logistic.

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  1. Pl. of logistic: see -ics.
 

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/ləˈdʒɪstɪks/
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