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Which city did President Jefferson hope to acquire before making the Louisiana Purchase?

purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tΚƒΙ™s /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
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Some dogs she sold had serious health problems and died within days or weeks of purchase, according to the city lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Further details of the government's proposed Your First Home scheme are expected in Wednesday's Budget, with ministers saying it could help first-time buyers purchase a property with a deposit as low as 2.5%.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Yes, about three weeks after Pulte’s agency approved Rocket’s purchase of the mortgage company Mr. Cooper.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

Swollen by the $3 billion purchase of garbage-disposal maker InSinkErator in 2022, that figure hit $6.5 billion last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

It didn’t seem fair to ask me to purchase my own work clothes when uniforms were provided for the other operators.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The average frequency of purchases remained slightly down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Much of the money the firms borrowed for their buyouts came in the form of seven-year loans, since fund managers typically aim to flip their purchases in that time frame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The scheme is similar to previous programmes including Help to Buy, which also used equity loans to support home purchases.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

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 ● Oct. 26, 2026

Eliza finished her purchases, grabbed my hand, and slammed the door behind us.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Lorre purchased his original Pacific Palisades abode for $2.6 million in 1995.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The wildlife groups previously purchased part of the estate, including the Simonside Hills, from the Duke of Northumberland's son, Lord Max Percy, in 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The U.S. at one time purchased ingredients for energetics from Russia and China, but many of those exports have been restricted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Are receipts required for groceries and meals purchased on campus?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

For friendships acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of spirit are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper time cannot be spent.

From "The Prince" by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli

“It’s not predatory just because we’re purchasing receivables on it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

How much of your excess cash you put in cash or bonds versus the stock market depends on your risk tolerance and purchasing power.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Ares Capital is purchasing MidCap Financial Investment, which is run by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management. for $2.6 billion including debt.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The euro remained weaker against the dollar after the flash October eurozone purchasing managers’ index survey fell short of estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Very much so. We talked about it again the following day. He’d decided to go have a talk with Carl Heine, to see him about purchasing the seven acres.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson


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