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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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With current rent and purchase prices, he believes buying somewhere is "completely impossible".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

The music—now owned by a smorgasbord of record labels—was for decades unavailable for legal purchase or play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

“Or, what was your last ‘Wow, I’m so glad my purchase history isn’t public’ purchase?”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Consumers who are on the fence about a boneless couch could find that Black Friday is an ideal time to purchase one at a discount, Shand added.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

“We shall purchase snacks at the interval. Now, let us listen to the play.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

“Furniture is one of the categories worth watching during the holiday sales season, as retailers typically offer promotions on big-ticket home purchases, including sofas, sectionals and living room furniture,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

If it turns out it was a front for Chinese chip purchases, Huang’s affair will look a lot worse, whether or not there was spying involved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Chinese buyers have reportedly turned to intermediaries and indirect purchases to access Nvidia chips as both the U.S. and China maintain constraints.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Soaring grocery bills have left Japanese households less room to spend on other purchases, from dining out to clothing, even as these businesses grapple with rising labour and material costs of their own.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

She goes forth nearly every day to scrounge up vegetables, and then bicycles back with her purchases in large shopping bags.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Although the sixpence had an individual price tag of £8, the entire album was subsequently purchased as a single lot rather than the coin being bought separately.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

The World Series champion purchased the 1-acre property for $5.55 million in 2020.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Foxx purchased the 7,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style villa in Hidden Valley for $10.5-million in 2007.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

A property investor and a woman planning for her retirement have been told their homes are at risk of falling into the sea just months after they purchased them.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Mrs. Poe purchased clothing for the orphans that was in grotesque colors, and itched.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

It is not a situation Sir Jim Ratcliffe can have expected to find himself in again, less than three years after purchasing a minority stake in United.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

“Our combined purchasing levels will give us economies of scale by consolidating purchasing decisions into one centralized group,” the executives said in their letter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

“The reason for tasting tea this way in the first place is like purchasing a car,” Hammond told me.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026

The German economy expanded by 0.2% in the third quarter, its fourth consecutive quarter of growth, while purchasing manager surveys of manufacturers showed a further rise in activity for October, albeit at a slower pace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

What’s more, the release of Hamilton's plan produced a purchasing frenzy, as bankers and investors aware of the funding proposal bought up the securities in expectation of a tidy profit.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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