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Four months later, Meta’s Zuckerberg shelled out a record-shattering $170 million to purchase the in-progress fortress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

With so much attention focused on the high purchase price of a home these days, it can be tempting for buyers to overlook or minimize the ongoing costs of homeownership until they’ve moved in.

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

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

The scanner beep, beep, beeps for every purchase, and Dad exchanges mindless words with the clerk about the weather.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

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 company is also likely to face higher 3Q system margin prices, at which it purchases power from private electricity companies, Cho notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

Bailey Duff, 26, an English teacher in Incheon, South Korea, posts her BTS purchases on TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

We followed behind him, pausing for a few seconds here and there, pretending to consider other possible purchases that we had no intention of making.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

“Role Models” actor Seann William Scott is selling his longtime Malibu estate after an extensive renovation and listed it for more than four times the price he purchased it for 22 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

CFO Charles Chang purchased two Class A shares for $1.5 million.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Night School was the first game developer Netflix purchased in 2021 as it expanded into gaming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Mello and her spouse purchased the property for $1.31 million in November 2021 and have since carried out a number of upgrades.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

I had purchased a small house there with a few acres of thick grass, and I was surprised to find it vacant.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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

In Europe, flash purchasing managers’ surveys for August will give a steer on how economies are faring in an environment of high energy prices and heightened geopolitical uncertainty.

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

From there, after purchasing by check a diamond engagement ring and a diamond wedding band, they drove to a pawnshop to dispose of these items.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote