purchases

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Meanwhile, iOS and Android app store commission reductions, as well as in-game purchases shifting to the PC version, where there are no app-store commissions, are two structural drivers for NetEase’s margins, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Further gaming purchases included a £50 Turtle Beach gaming headset, an Xbox One console, bought for £297.14 in 2015, and a Nintendo Switch, which cost £279.99 in 2017.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Her third husband, playwright Arthur Miller, suggests the purchases were largely a pose: In his memoir, he wrote that aside from some short stories and Colette’s “Cheri” she likely never read anything start to finish.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

India has its own foreign policy of strategic autonomy, where it looks at each issue from its own pragmatic interests—a stance it has often cited to justify its purchases of Russian oil despite U.S. criticism.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

For the second half of the experiment, Dijksterhuis went to the furniture store IKEA, where people were making much more complicated and expensive purchases.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell