purchase
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The special purpose vehicle will purchase Broadcom’s XPU AI accelerators and networking solutions to lease them to Anthropic.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 26, 2026
One Reddit user, who had been ordering groceries while caring for a partner with a concussion, described receiving three bags of parsley after three separate attempts to purchase cilantro.
From Salon β Oct. 25, 2026
Like the Help to Buy scheme launched under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, the scheme will use equity loans, which are linked to changes in the value of properties they are used to purchase.
From BBC β Oct. 23, 2026
Disney’s purchase of Miramax in 1993 set the template.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
There’s no trail here, just crumbly red soil without any purchase.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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This strategy could paint a more accurate picture of how consumers make purchases, but it would also limit the increases to COLA, and that would ultimately result in lower payments as well.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 26, 2026
It has also rolled out autonomous delivery vehicles and, like Instacart, offered purchases via ChatGPT.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 26, 2026
By combining orders from households across the area and placing monthly bulk purchases, the scheme can reduce costs by around 3p per litre.
From BBC β Oct. 25, 2026
Parsons’s unauthorized purchases were made using credentials Parson had stored with an AI-coding site called OpenCode.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 24, 2026
Invoices for money owed, receipts for purchases made, junk mail, quotes for repairs to the roof and the sink that’s leaking in the bathroom.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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And America’s most ambitious project to date involves Hanwha, which purchased a shipyard in Philadelphia about two years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 25, 2026
The cabin bunk and a mattress purchased by Action for Children made a "massive difference", she said.
From BBC β Oct. 24, 2026
His father had purchased it in 1972, when Altadena was one of the few suburban areas where Black buyers were welcomed, and Ruffin bought the house from them about 25 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 24, 2026
Argentinian polo champion Nacho Figueras and his son, Hilario Figueras, recently purchased a three-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom unit spanning 2,951 square feet, which was listed for $3.116 million.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 23, 2026
He purchased Gracy, a seamstress, along with several other family members, from a Virginia man.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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I’ve only recently come around to purchasing frozen, pre-chopped onions without a small pang of guilt.
From Salon β Oct. 25, 2026
And purchasing a car is only the beginning.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 22, 2026
Naomi Baker from influencer marketing agency We Are Social says older creators are attractive to brands as they often have "deeply established, highly loyal" communities with greater purchasing power, which "carries a massive premium".
From BBC β Oct. 22, 2026
Video footage of the store’s opening showed customers waiting in a line snaking through the shopping plaza to enter the store, with shoppers trying samples and purchasing tote bags and snacks.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 22, 2026
British purchasing agents roved about the country, buying food and cloth and metals and chemicals.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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