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If a new homeowner purchased a property at a significantly higher purchase price as compared to the home’s last assessed value, local tax assessors could update the property value, and that could mean higher taxes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

With so much attention focused on the high purchase price of a home these days, it can be tempting for buyers to overlook or minimize the ongoing costs of homeownership until they’ve moved in.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

One surprise here is that no new bit of punctuation has gained a purchase in English-language writing since about 1600.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

A checklist also found on Mangione contained entries including "intel check in" and reminders to purchase a camera from the Best Buy retail chain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

“But I would really advise you to make your purchase in that neighbourhood, and take Pemberley for a kind of model. There is not a finer county in England than Derbyshire.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Over the last few months independent booksellers have been observing a strange pattern of purchases which have seen scores of their novels being shipped to far-off warehouses.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The company had blamed the poor outlook on sputtering growth from its key branded-checkout product, which lets customers use PayPal when making online purchases, and poor internal execution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

At one point in early July, some 90 percent of Russia's regions had imposed limits on fuel purchases -- mostly imposing maximum volume rules -- according to AFP calculations based on local announcements.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Elsewhere, hopeful buyers in Reddit and Facebook threads are directed to online marketplaces, including for more expensive bulk purchases.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Involuntarily, my mind totaled her purchases to $4.53.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

“Role Models” actor Seann William Scott is selling his longtime Malibu estate after an extensive renovation and listed it for more than four times the price he purchased it for 22 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

CFO Charles Chang purchased two Class A shares for $1.5 million.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

“An entire generation of consumers has shopped and purchased air travel under this system, and we believe a change could be extremely disruptive,” Southwest wrote in its request.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Over half of all new vehicles have been purchased by the country’s top 20% of earners in recent months, according to an Oxford Economics note earlier this month.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

The teenage boy purchased by Washington at auction fourteen years earlier was now a man of about thirty.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

It is Bezos's first investment in a sports team after he was previously linked with purchasing NFL franchises Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

In Europe, flash purchasing managers’ surveys for August will give a steer on how economies are faring in an environment of high energy prices and heightened geopolitical uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

It’s believed she parked her Hyundai — which was found abandoned by authorities three days later — near Doane Pond, about two miles into the recreational area, after purchasing a parking pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

In their worldview, a family’s shrinking purchasing power is primarily evidence of bad character.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

The doll was sold two weeks later to a grandmother who was purchasing her for a grandchild.

From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo