purchase
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The ur gut® supplement is already available for purchase.
From Science Daily β Nov. 14, 2026
The White House says the US Department of Defense acquired a 30 percent equity stake in NABEP, authorizing it to purchase 20 percent of its oil at production cost.
From Barron's β Nov. 14, 2026
Before each purchase, the customer reviews the purchase and approves it with facial or fingerprint identification, similar to Apple Pay.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 13, 2026
Georgia from Staffordshire in England said she was due to complete her first house purchase today after waiting eight months to get to this point - but the outage has delayed that.
From BBC β Nov. 13, 2026
Hope Springs Hardware was covered with signs advertising a “Sizzling Summer Sale” and free tickets to Griggs’ Rigs Racing with any purchase.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Giving larger purchases more weight—a $100,000 investment counted more than a $10,000 investment—produced an estimated one-year advantage of 3.8 percentage points.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 13, 2026
Across 43 stock purchases evaluated both ways, the average gain exceeded the market’s by about 25 points.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 13, 2026
Personal AI assistants are being empowered to make purchases on behalf of cardholders, raising concerns about fraud, returns and legal risks.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 13, 2026
“They have money. The kids are out of the house,” Setian said, and they often make all-cash home purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 12, 2026
Throwing a regal homecoming glance around the neighborhood, Mrs. Wilson gathered up her dog and her other purchases and went haughtily in.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tesla’s claim that the Cybercab can only be purchased for personal use means buyers won’t be able to immediately make money with the vehicle.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 14, 2026
The ticket must have been purchased from June 28, 2020, to July 1, 2024, on the park’s official website, and the billing address used during checkout must have a California ZIP Code.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 13, 2026
The H200 chips were purchased for the management school of NPU, which is one of China's "Seven Sons of National Defence" universities that conduct defence-related research and maintain links with the country's military.
From Barron's β Nov. 12, 2026
Although the sixpence had an individual price tag of £8, the entire album was subsequently purchased as a single lot rather than the coin being bought separately.
From Science Daily β Nov. 11, 2026
“Well, generally your reservations are confirmed at date of purchase, especially on non-refundable fares such as these. The agent should have informed you of this when you purchased the tickets on Tuesday.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Workers say rising food, housing, transport and healthcare costs have eroded their purchasing power in a country where inflation is running at around eight percent.
From Barron's β Nov. 14, 2026
For example, some customers were now buying one portion of food to share, rather than purchasing one each, he said.
From BBC β Nov. 14, 2026
It is a decent store of value over extremely long periods; its purchasing power has held more or less steady since ancient Roman times.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 10, 2026
It also means more years in which inflation can erode purchasing power.
From MarketWatch β Nov. 9, 2026
A good many of the British purchasing men were crippled, but they wore their uniforms just the same.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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