purchase
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Now be honest with yourself about the added expenses that come with such a purchase.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Beauty birthday gifts are often linked to your purchase history or require you to buy something.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The company also said the Cybercab would be available to purchase for less than $30,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
A 1968 advertisement published in The Times beckoned investors to purchase their own two-acre lake for less than $12,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
I also offered to make lollipops to sit by registers advertising the festival—free with purchase.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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Fiercely protective of its independence, Hugging Face long turned down several stake purchases and takeover offers before reaching a deal with Nvidia, chosen for its commitment to developing the "open" ecosystem.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
While vehicle purchases rose 10.3%, household consumption remained cautious with subdued spending across most categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
East Lothian only held information for the past five years but had not conducted any raids or test purchases.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
MarketWatch spoke to five homeowners in their 20s about their purchases.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
“It’ll be nice to wear something authentic, even if the role is not very original,” Anna May said while I wrapped her purchases and made up her ticket.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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She purchased her first home in California in 2004 for just $597,500.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Their distinctive orange life jackets, purchased from a local sports shop, made them easy to identify.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Turn-of-the-century homes originally purchased for less than $500,000 are increasingly being renovated and selling for above $1.5 million, says Zawitz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Mean Girls” star Amanda Seyfried has listed her longtime Los Angeles home for $3.2 million, 15 years after she purchased the property for nearly half the price it is now on the market for.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Warden attended yet another public auction and purchased two more vehicles.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for services providers was 55.4 in August compared with 54.1 in July, suggesting increased consumer spending and mounting inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
If inflation is high, then the purchasing power of fixed payments is diluted.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index was 54.6 in August compared with 55.6 in July, as factory activity continued to expand, albeit at a slower rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Mel Gibson went considerably bigger with his island investment, purchasing Mago Island in Fiji after the release of his 2004 movie “The Passion of the Christ.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He promptly took advantage of the windfall by purchasing a beautiful eighteenth-century Tassini viola, lest the money be snatched away as abruptly and mysteriously as it had arrived.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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