buy for
Example Sentences
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Its contracts with customers are “take or pay”—customers must either take all the chemicals they have agreed to buy for a number of years, or pay certain amounts, which stabilizes sales.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The kind of ingredient you buy for one specific recipe and then keep rediscovering, whether through social media content or “I need to clean out the fridge” panic.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Emma said Amber, eight, had always been difficult to buy for, so when she asked for one for her birthday, she couldn't say no.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
They were also, the canny saleswoman believed, things that women were not likely to buy for themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“What would you do if you opened one of these and knew how much food it would buy for those babies?”
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
