buying

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The program forces major polluters to pay for their share of emissions by buying allowances at auctions or being granted them for free.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

If you have no debt, a healthy savings pot, and are contributing to retirement, you can focus on buying a home.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

After buying up 937,000 acres in New Mexico last year, or 1.2% of America’s fifth-largest state, he brought his holdings to 2.7 million acres across the country—the equivalent of about two million football fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Imagine McNealy’s incredulity over buying SpaceX at 93 times.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

They were the antique experts, I told the guests, and Ba had gotten back this very day from a buying trip in China.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu