purchase
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When that home is sold to a new owner, the county generally reassesses the home based on the purchase price.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The official notice announcing the planned purchase describe the equipment as “a Conductive Distraction and De-escalation Device,” but let’s call it what it is:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
One surprise here is that no new bit of punctuation has gained a purchase in English-language writing since about 1600.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A checklist also found on Mangione contained entries including "intel check in" and reminders to purchase a camera from the Best Buy retail chain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
There were title deeds of the Piccadilly house in a great bundle; deeds of the purchase of the houses at Mile End and Bermondsey; note-paper, envelopes, and pens and ink.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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This week saw a new milestone when Nvidia and a host of Wall Street entities announced plans to deploy $500 billion of capital to provide financing at “attractive rates” for chip purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Over the last few months independent booksellers have been observing a strange pattern of purchases which have seen scores of their novels being shipped to far-off warehouses.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The firms aim to deploy over $500 billion of outside capital in the coming years with the goal of being able to finance chip purchases at “attractive rates.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
At one point in early July, some 90 percent of Russia's regions had imposed limits on fuel purchases -- mostly imposing maximum volume rules -- according to AFP calculations based on local announcements.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The girl said, “We don’t buy from Sidney’s or from any animal dealer. All our purchases are from private parties, and the prices we pay aren’t reported.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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If a new homeowner purchased a property at a significantly higher purchase price as compared to the home’s last assessed value, local tax assessors could update the property value, and that could mean higher taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
CFO Charles Chang purchased two Class A shares for $1.5 million.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tickets for the event in Michigan cannot now be purchased online, with LIV's official website stating both ground passes and hospitality passes are "no longer available".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
When Denise Aiyedatiwa purchased a vacation to celebrate her new job, she had no idea where she would be going.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
She said that she’d purchased her own home from Hale, which was on the edge of his pasture.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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If the total price isn’t prominently displayed or isn’t shown until the end of the purchasing process, consumers may have to go through the checkout process for several flights to see which is the cheapest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
She said she still needed to be mindful purchasing products, scanning for synthetic fragrances, which she tries to avoid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It is Bezos's first investment in a sports team after he was previously linked with purchasing NFL franchises Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
In their worldview, a family’s shrinking purchasing power is primarily evidence of bad character.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
He and Candice then spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon driving to every electronics store in Lambert before finally purchasing a new, top-of-the-line laptop.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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