purchase
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Beauty birthday gifts are often linked to your purchase history or require you to buy something.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Unger felt that Matson should recuse himself from the purchase decision, saying it represented a conflict of interest because the sale and development could boost his property value.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
My own purchase is not the case to generalize from.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Some only unlock after a qualifying purchase or once you have reached a particular membership tier so it can encourage you to spend money you had not intended to.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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
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Fiercely protective of its independence, Hugging Face long turned down several stake purchases and takeover offers before reaching a deal with Nvidia, chosen for its commitment to developing the "open" ecosystem.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
At the Hard Rock Hotel – one of two beachside hotels where they were able to stay off the ship – they hung around clutching their recent purchases.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
While vehicle purchases rose 10.3%, household consumption remained cautious with subdued spending across most categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
MarketWatch spoke to five homeowners in their 20s about their purchases.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He reminded the men to exchange the hundred-dollar bills at a bank, to ensure that any purchases they made could not be traced back to a White House account.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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She purchased her first home in California in 2004 for just $597,500.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
In 2003, a key to Quansoo Beach in Chilmark could be purchased for $200,000, said Abby Rabinovitz of Tea Lane Associates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Las Iguanas offers a free main when two other meals are purchased or a 20% off voucher.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Mean Girls” star Amanda Seyfried has listed her longtime Los Angeles home for $3.2 million, 15 years after she purchased the property for nearly half the price it is now on the market for.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
She’d recently gone into a business arrangement to run several nursing homes, and she and her partners had already purchased and renovated six of them.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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Stolen data experts at HaveIBeenPwned have analysed the published material and confirmed it contains people's email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, licence plate numbers, purchasing history and browsing device data.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“It really does leave it as an open question for people who are purchasing these beverages,” Bowdring said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index was 54.6 in August compared with 55.6 in July, as factory activity continued to expand, albeit at a slower rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Ricky Martin found his own tropical escape in Brazil, purchasing Ilha do Maia in 2008.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Since the buyer couldn’t know whose corn they were purchasing, the Chicago Board of Trade made up a category called number 2 field corn.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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