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purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tʃəs /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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That purchase quickly turned out to be “the greatest mistake of my life,” Hudson told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Oaktree Capital Management, which agreed in March to purchase a controlling stake in Atlantic Coast Life, declined to comment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Ellison and longtime Skydance investor, RedBird Capital Partners, then entered into agreements to assign some of their purchase rights to the sovereign wealth funds.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

"The delegation will be under travel restrictions and will face prohibitions on the purchase of luxury and other goods per our policy. The delegation is smaller than last year."

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

“Every man and woman in the United States will be asked to purchase war savings stamps,” I set the paper down.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

With 10-year Treasury yields around 5% and mortgage rates near 7%, housing, car purchases and discretionary spending were already cooling, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

These 0% introductory rates are for purchases only.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

A Saint-Gobain spokesman confirmed to the BBC that the company does not store or process MMA like GKN, but rather purchases sheets of polymerised MMA, or acrylic.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The company has raised prices and set strict volume limits on purchases of its house brand oil.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Their purchases are tucked into cute little bags, and she and Heather join me in a sort of floral cloud.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

The 43-year-old set up the Angel City FC women's football club in Los Angeles six years ago after leaving Reddit, and purchased a 10% stake in Women's Super League team Chelsea in 2025.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Thankfully, my parents had purchased long-term-care insurance and had paid premiums for about 12 years.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

The man was crouched behind a 5-foot-tall gun safe Roebuck had purchased a few weeks earlier.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Students who have already purchased the Den Pass for the 2026-2027 academic year will be reimbursed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

A frequent visitor to the Library of Congress, Garfield asked the librarians for book recommendations, which he borrowed or purchased to expand his knowledge of history, philosophy, and other subjects.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

French, German and eurozone provisional purchasing managers’ surveys for September, measuring activity in the manufacturing and services sectors, will be of particular interest.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Some of Aggrey and Novack’s peers are considering retiring and purchasing additional homes, the couple said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

While it can strengthen the competitiveness of Japanese exporters, "the downside -- declining purchasing power weighing on consumption and investment -- is not sufficiently understood", warned Nakao.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Trade and defence procurement: Canada has been on a "buy European" spree of late, purchasing German attack submarines, for example, and airborne early-warning planes from Sweden's Saab.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The society set about purchasing boards and constructing coffins.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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