purchase
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Conservationists have completed the purchase of a huge upland estate following a two-year £30m public appeal backed by the likes of Sir David Attenborough.
From BBC β Oct. 30, 2026
About $57 billion of that was goodwill, almost all resulting from the Warner purchase.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 30, 2026
Not everyone supported the campaign, though, with some local farmers having warned the purchase would be "a folly".
From BBC β Oct. 30, 2026
Rather than testing isolated cranberry compounds, Wu chose to investigate pure cranberry juice, a product people can readily purchase and consume.
From Science Daily β Oct. 29, 2026
They made a game of it—each only had five minutes to make an expensive purchase.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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Walking between vehicles at his family company's showroom outside Damascus, Hamza Sukkar, 25, said electric car purchases had accelerated recently.
From Barron's β Oct. 30, 2026
In May, CEO Andy Jassy described placing inventory closer to customers and combining more purchases into each shipment.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 28, 2026
Free cash flow refers to the money a company has left after it covers operating costs and equipment purchases.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 28, 2026
Much of the money the firms borrowed for their buyouts came in the form of seven-year loans, since fund managers typically aim to flip their purchases in that time frame.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 27, 2026
Involuntarily, my mind totaled her purchases to $4.53.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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Alphatec slashes its full-year outlook as fewer surgeons have purchased its add-on bone-graft products used for spinal fusion.
From Barron's β Oct. 30, 2026
Perhaps tellingly, both the stage and film rights had been purchased by Hollywood titan David Brown, of “Jaws” fame, even before the play made it to the boards.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 30, 2026
He later purchased the unit from the NFL star for $2.47 million in 2024 in an off-market deal.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 29, 2026
“But I say to Drew, you purchased $250 to $300 a piece tickets,” McHenry said.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 29, 2026
I would leave school before I would allow myself to be purchased.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Thereafter, an Abu Dhabi–backed group invested $2 billion in crypto company Binance by purchasing World Liberty “stablecoins,” giving World Liberty $2 billion in deposits to invest.
From Slate β Oct. 30, 2026
Changing that meant overhauling marketing campaigns and purchasing specific luxury labels that elite customers wanted, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 29, 2026
That’s the equivalent of losing 23% of your purchasing power over the full decade.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 29, 2026
“It’s not predatory just because we’re purchasing receivables on it,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 28, 2026
After the arrival of Europeans, the Big Island’s King Kamehameha I rapidly proceeded with the consolidation of the largest islands by purchasing European guns and ships to invade and conquer first Maui and then Oahu.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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