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purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tΚƒΙ™s /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
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In those cases, Stripe’s wallet has been using one-time virtual cards that are equal to the purchase amount.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 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

Finding out he was eligible for $2,000 through his company prompted the couple to move forward with their home purchase.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

BrickLink is used by Lego collectors worldwide to buy and sell secondhand Lego sets, source new bricks and purchase limited edition releases.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

My last purchase was a wicker travel case for Mr. Whiskers.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Amazon in September blocked Meta’s Muse from making purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Stripe is embracing agentic purchasing and using tokens and virtual cards, while JPMorgan Chase is blocking some agentic purchases and is skeptical of the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Signs of the economy’s strength are evident in robust spending on dining out and traveling — the sort of discretionary purchases that Americans tend to sacrifice when times are tough.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

“The methods expanded accordingly, from conventional espionage and technology purchases to cyber operations, academic collaborations, talent recruitment, overseas investments, and systematic exploitation of publicly available research,” Hannas said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Loafers sluicing, hair dripping, holding her purchases in her arms, she made it into the bedroom and shut the door.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Almost 40% of new homes purchased every year in the U.S. are bought between February through May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Another procurement notice dated September 4, also seen by AFP but no longer accessible as of Thursday, shows that NPU's cybersecurity school purchased two Nvidia H200s for 796,000 yuan.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

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

At one, I purchased a used Mossberg twelve-gauge pump, which held five rounds and had a slightly shortened barrel.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Payments giant Stripe has embraced agentic purchasing and sought to stake out a central position in the AI future, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Buck’s relationships with Nvidia’s hyperscaler customers also mean he has knowledge of “how technical decisions translate into purchasing commitments,” Olujobi told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 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

“Did your husband seem disappointed, Mrs. Miyamoto, that he had not succeeded in purchasing his seven acres? Did he seem to you disappointed?”

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


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