purchase
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Should she purchase ”incredibly expensive” long-term-care insurance for her and for her husband?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
A group led by Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger last month struck a deal to purchase the team from finance mogul Mark Walter at a $12.5 billion valuation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
The only thing left to do in the Hideout is set up my thrift store purchase.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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Mastercard rolled out an artificial-intelligence payment option Thursday for everyday purchases, through a partnership with the startup Alchemy, the companies said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Payments executives see trust as the biggest barrier to people embracing AI shopping, alongside concerns over liability for unauthorized purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
On trade, there is "room for progress on tariffs, agricultural purchases and selected export controls", Yue Su of The Economist Intelligence Unit told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
That trend, they said, “suggests younger consumers are prioritizing purchases and experiences that deliver immediate gratification — consistent with the ‘little treat economy.’”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Involuntarily, my mind totaled her purchases to $4.53.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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Along with co-op facilities, he also purchased a plot of land in Delano to house the union’s first headquarters and learned how to handle media amid Chávez’s historic fasts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The BofA analysts noted that those same-day delivery facilities carry around 90,000 of Amazon’s frequently purchased products, like paper towels, cough medicine and fresh items.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The team at CR purchased samples of a variety of lunchbox foods—everything from Takis to oat bars—and tested them for several chemicals that they described as contaminants.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
The city purchased the 20-acre tract of land over 10 years ago and originally planned to build government facilities there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
When George Washington purchased Billy, Frank, and the other two boys in 1767, Virginia was one of thirteen British colonies in America.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Most of the examples he cited—which also included judicial opinions drafted by clerks and CEO shareholder letters written by the communications department—didn’t involve appropriation of others’ words, only purchasing the service of producing them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Ms. Acton is highlighting a plan to use the state’s purchasing leverage to lower the cost of medications.
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
I excelled at the lunchtime blitz—the replacing of lost socks, the purchasing of gifts for whatever five-year-old was having a birthday party on Saturday, the stocking and restocking of juice boxes and single-serving applesauce cups.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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