purchase
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The cost of purchase now is equal to or lower than an internal combustion engine.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
“It’s like realizing you don’t have the title to your home as the market rips higher, that your purchase was null and void.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The company also used donations to purchase a $16.5-million building in Israel.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The party went on to confirm that the property purchase was "nothing to do" with Harborne's gift and that the money came from his ITV fee.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
If a wagon he’d made broke down a week after purchase, the disgruntled buyer would have sued Jean personally.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Vocabulary lists containing purchase
Material World: Shopping Lingo
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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