purchase
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With current rent and purchase prices, he believes buying somewhere is "completely impossible".
From BBC β Nov. 11, 2026
Redemption is rooted in the Latin redimere, which meant to buy back or recover by purchase, to ransom a prisoner or slave, or to buy someone off as a way to escape obligation or punishment.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 10, 2026
“Or, what was your last ‘Wow, I’m so glad my purchase history isn’t public’ purchase?”
From MarketWatch β Nov. 10, 2026
Because Skydance closed its purchase of Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 9, 2026
Thus Howie Hubler’s personal purchase of $16 billion in triple-A-rated CDOs dwindled to something like $13 billion.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Tamil Nadu's School Education Minister A Rajmohan has described the allegations as potentially "India's first AI scam" and said the investigation would cover purchases at other public libraries across the state.
From BBC β Nov. 11, 2026
The Madras High Court has ordered the state's anti-corruption agency to investigate the purchases and freeze bank accounts linked to a publisher accused of supplying the books.
From BBC β Nov. 11, 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 β Nov. 9, 2026
The conversation around agentic commerce—wherein artificial-intelligence agents shop and can even make purchases with no direct human involvement—has been stoking anxiety among brands, who fear being cut out of the process.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 9, 2026
An older woman stands behind the cash register, ringing up customers and snapping paper bags open to stuff them with purchases.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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 β Nov. 11, 2026
The estate, which the couple purchased for $2.2 million in 2020, has since been taken off the market.
From MarketWatch β Nov. 10, 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 β Nov. 7, 2026
The bags cost five figures, depending on size and color, when purchased directly from the retailer.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 6, 2026
Back then the only things Mama purchased from the store were coffee beans, granulated sugar, salt, and pepper.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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 β 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 β Nov. 9, 2026
“The reason for tasting tea this way in the first place is like purchasing a car,” Hammond told me.
From Slate β Nov. 8, 2026
And federal government purchasing power should be fully leveraged through domestic procurement.
From MarketWatch β Nov. 6, 2026
“Mass purchasing power makes the big difference. For example, breaded veal cutlets.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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