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Which city did President Jefferson hope to acquire before making the Louisiana Purchase?

purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tΚƒΙ™s /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
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"I can't purchase new merchandise because I don't have people coming in," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The executive nodded at the lender’s record quarterly purchase volume figures along with receivable growth while credit continues to be positive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The purchase price equates to just over 6 times Braze’s projected annual sales.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The same numbers might prompt a middle-class or working-class family to put a home purchase on hold, for the foreseeable future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Thorn pulled, and Seven tried to find purchase somehow, but there was just nothing to anchor herself to.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Thill flagged barriers to adoption of agentic commerce, or the idea that bots could make purchases on behalf of users.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Second, in contrast to the early 2010s, the ECB is now well placed to limit contagion,” he says, noting its potential for bond or asset purchases if needed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

While the plan offers a Sam’s Cash reward of 2% on some purchases, Aldebert said it would take $6,000 of eligible spending to make the $120 back.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Antenna tracks U.S. consumer purchases of subscriptions through sources such as credit-card bills, but doesn’t include those bought through wholesale bundles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

A couple of avatars have already turned their attention to me after my two purchases, and their interest makes the hairs rise on the back of my neck.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

It was a loss for Clarkson, who purchased the custom-built property in 2018 for $8.5 million.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Jennie Abarca, head of trucking company King Fio Trucking in Long Beach, is among the business owners who purchased Nikola trucks with California incentives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Among the measures is the requirement for every new batch of food to be tested, and for flour, rice and cooking oil to be purchased from centralised procurement points only.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The Schmidts last year purchased a 56,500-square-foot home in Los Angeles for $110 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It had originally been purchased by a fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge—its binding bears the college badge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

As he told The Times last year, multiple chefs and restaurateurs expressed interest in purchasing Cole’s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ukraine currently produces up to 500 jet engines a month and can import a few thousand more, either directly or by purchasing engine components, according to one industry executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Actress Ariel Winter relocated to Nashville after purchasing a $2.9 million abode in College Grove in May 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The company that Warren Buffett guided for years didn’t stick with its tried-and-true investment strategy of purchasing value stocks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

“They’re giving me my own lab. Meanwhile, don’t tell them, but I’m purchasing mass quantities of research supplies: sugar, gelatin, cornstarch and...jelly bean molds!”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein


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