purchase
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The purchase price equates to just over 6 times Braze’s projected annual sales.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 20, 2026
The purchase price represents a roughly 58% premium to Braze’s closing price of $30.04 on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β Oct. 20, 2026
You can establish that the blueberries in your refrigerator haven’t been recalled, but this tells you remarkably little about the blueberries you’ll purchase next Thursday.
From Salon β Oct. 19, 2026
Her beauty, her pink cheeks and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her, and to purchase indemnity for every fault.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
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 β Oct. 19, 2026
The order also bars future purchases of DeepSeek’s products and services, according to a notice published by DHS.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 19, 2026
She said China risked missing its official target for the year, spurring a recent roll-out of mortgage subsidies for certain home purchases and support for infrastructure investment.
From Barron's β Oct. 18, 2026
About 14.5% of home purchases made in August were by smaller real-estate investors, which was up from 13.6% a year ago, according to Cotality, a real-estate data-analytics company.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 17, 2026
Payment recipients can use the money in their account for online purchases or payments, can receive the payment from PayPal by check, or can have PayPal directly deposit the money into a checking account.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Case in point: Texas is a community-property state, so anything you purchased prior to a marriage is separate property.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 20, 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 β Oct. 17, 2026
The couple, who have been married since 1970, purchased the stucco home in 1979 to raise their daughters Jenny, now 53, and Lindsay, 48.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 15, 2026
It also matters when those ads are purchased.
From Slate β Oct. 15, 2026
Among its less visible effects was to alarm greatly the three young men at Cornwall Capital who sat on what was for them an enormous pile of credit default swaps purchased mostly from Bear Stearns.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
As he told The Times last year, multiple chefs and restaurateurs expressed interest in purchasing Cole’s.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 20, 2026
Actress Ariel Winter relocated to Nashville after purchasing a $2.9 million abode in College Grove in May 2022.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
About two-thirds of that hit would come from the lasting disruption to oil and gas markets, as ballooning energy bills sap households’ purchasing power and business investment.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 13, 2026
The chief economist said workers are likely to seek an increase in pay to compensate for the purchasing power they have lost as a result of higher energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 8, 2026
Unfortunately, FeedTech and other investors reviewed your purchasing history, and we don’t feel that you would be a reliable investment at this time.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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