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  • noun The obtaining of goods or services using existing in-house resources or employees
  • noun The obtaining of goods or services using domestic resources or employees as opposed to foreign
  • verb Present participle of insource.

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Examples

  • Hala SCS believe that a concept they call insourcing is the key to increasing service efficiency without compromising control.

    AMEinfo.com Latest News 2009

  • Well, this is "insourcing" -- where overseas work is done right here in the United States of America.

    Obama Speaks In Michigan Whitney Snyder 2011

  • Well, this is "insourcing" -- where overseas work is done right here in the United States of America.

    Obama Speaks In Michigan Whitney Snyder 2011

  • The administration, its surrogates and supporters have latched on to something called insourcing, which I used to call foreign direct investment, but they seem to see that as a counterpoint to the export of cheap -- of American jobs to cheap overseas labor markets.

    CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2004 2004

  • We've had the invent of something call insourcing now.

    CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2004 2004

  • And there's something called insourcing now is the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) influence to that, right?

    CNN Transcript May 3, 2004 2004

  • Others say it's nothing more than deceit, the debate over something called insourcing at the center of our "Face-Off" tonight.

    CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2004 2004

  • Mr. Obama on Wednesday staged an event at the White House on "insourcing" - the administration's attempt to create a phenomenon of the anecdotal evidence that suggests some American companies are choosing to re-establish manufacturing operations in the United States rather than Asia.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KEVIN CARMICHAEL 2012

  • Rural mayors know that to get the jobs President Barack Obama calls "insourcing," they need not just adequate Internet capacity but the same capacity as their competitors, the metropolises.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Democratic sources told CNN Sunday that the bullet points of Obama's blueprint will focus on American manufacturing, including "insourcing" -- or bringing back jobs from overseas.

    CNN.com 2012

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