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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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Antonyms
WEAK




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Delaware Life started lending money to Walter affiliates early on—notably to help finance his purchase of the Dodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It would provide them with a loan worth 20% of their property's value to help pay for the purchase.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

"People cannot get out of their homes. We are running out of food, so I came out to purchase some," Aduenan Surorot, a motorbike-taxi driver, told AFP outside a grocery store.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

It would provide them with a loan worth 20% of their new build property's value to help pay for the purchase.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Penelope thought hard about what sort of purchase Lady Constance would approve of.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

He tied further purchases to what he called a “board of trade.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

While plenty of celebrities have publicly bought and sold multiple multimillion-dollar homes, there are few publicly reported property purchases associated with Ortega herself.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

While the precious metal faces pressure from U.S. dollar strength and “a hawkish turn in U.S. Fed policy,” geopolitical risks remain high and central bank purchases of gold continue, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

For instance, you can ask to be notified when transactions over a certain dollar amount are made, or when any purchases or withdrawals occur.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The captain staggered his purchases, rather than find himself with cargo of singular culture and disposition.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

There’s a presidential suite and another suite that can be purchased for use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Her family reportedly purchased the residence for approximately $447,500 in 2004, the same year it was built.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The firms downsize staff and sell off parts of the purchased company to create dividends, all while charging the purchased corporation management fees for their trouble.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Musk has purchased a turbine manufacturer and said on X recently that SpaceX will start making the blades and vanes that go into natural-gas-fired power turbines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Each of the spices, dear brothers, became for us a smelling word, a sign language of the nose. Good thing I had purchased so many.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Let’s not discount America’s addiction to purchasing shortcuts for happiness either, which Winfrey also knows very well.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Mark Walter’s sale of his controlling stake of the team is still pending, with Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner prepared to step in after purchasing the majority stakes at a $12.5-billion valuation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

ING economists expect the official purchasing managers’ index on Wednesday to signal a slight recovery across both manufacturing and non-manufacturing, projecting headline readings of 50.1 and 49.2, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

And these numbers don’t include any further erosion to their purchasing power that’s happened this month.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

While the day of waiting was tediously slow, the line to enter the circus moves remarkably fast, and soon Bailey is standing at the ticket booth, purchasing a single admission.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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