purchase
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You can establish that the blueberries in your refrigerator haven’t been recalled, but this tells you remarkably little about the blueberries you’ll purchase next Thursday.
From Salon β Oct. 19, 2026
For people who were already home owners and wishing to move, purchase prices were equivalent to 7.6 times income in Cardiff and 5.2 times in Blaenau Gwent.
From BBC β Oct. 18, 2026
But for her next purchase, she has chosen a more well-established automaker.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 18, 2026
A Swiss national, he returned to UBS in 2023 to guide it through the emergency purchase of rival Credit Suisse.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 15, 2026
Two days after that, they actually signed a contract to purchase it.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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Antenna tracks U.S. consumer purchases of subscriptions through sources such as credit-card bills, but doesn’t include those bought through wholesale bundles.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 19, 2026
It helped boost retail sales last year but has been less effective this year because many households have already made big purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 19, 2026
She said China risked missing its official target for the year, spurring a recent roll-out of mortgage subsidies for certain home purchases and support for infrastructure investment.
From Barron's β Oct. 18, 2026
And when inflation erodes spending power, those discretionary purchases slow, Samuelson noted.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 17, 2026
Ba’s ship ticket, the money advanced for purchases on his trip, the rent for our building .
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Jennie Abarca, head of trucking company King Fio Trucking in Long Beach, is among the business owners who purchased Nikola trucks with California incentives.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 18, 2026
Steven Tyler purchased a home in the “musical Mecca” in 2016, telling Louder Sound he was living in Nashville “full-on” after testing the waters by renting first.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
The Schmidts last year purchased a 56,500-square-foot home in Los Angeles for $110 million.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
It also matters when those ads are purchased.
From Slate β Oct. 15, 2026
I’ve purchased my bus tickets and arranged travel plans for mid-February.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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Provisional purchasing managers’ indexes for October are due on Friday and will give an indication on how activity in the services and manufacturing sectors are holding up.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
Actress Ariel Winter relocated to Nashville after purchasing a $2.9 million abode in College Grove in May 2022.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
They were the only age group more likely to feel successful by investing than purchasing a home.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 13, 2026
"In addition, stocking for new technology products and the approach of the yearβend peak purchasing season in China and in Europe and the United States will all help support Taiwan's export momentum."
From Barron's β Oct. 8, 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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