purchase
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Drinks are available for purchase at the bar.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 30, 2026
An immediate annuity begins making payments shortly after you purchase it, typically within a year, whereas a deferred annuity begins payments at a later date.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 30, 2026
The Your First Home scheme will offer a government-backed loan of 20% of the purchase price - with a minimum deposit of 2.5%.
From BBC β Sep. 30, 2026
Her resignation comes as Paramount is waiting for a federal judge to approve a settlement agreement that would allow Paramount to finalize its $111-billion purchase of Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 30, 2026
“Ask her if she’d like to purchase a time-share here.”
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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To some investors, Amazon.com’s continued dominance of the e-commerce world looks less assured in an era where artificial-intelligence agents start to make purchases on behalf of users.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 30, 2026
Companies are structuring chip and electricity purchases as future leases rather than owned assets, so the liabilities don’t show up on the balance sheet.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
The card earns 2 points per dollar on everyday purchases and up to 1.25 times points on rent and 3 times points on groceries and dining.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
Just over 2% of luxury shoppers accounted for 45% of global luxury purchases in 2024, according to consulting firm Bain & Co., up from 35% in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 28, 2026
Outside, Dr. Blankenship was waiting in the parking lot, the back of his Prius full of purchases from Trader Joe’s.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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The players they purchased during that time included some of the world's best, in all areas of the pitch.
From BBC β Sep. 30, 2026
Ms. Margolles purchased a home in the middle of this and demolished it, here reconstructing the rubble into a rectangular minimalist monument that stretches across a large gallery.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 30, 2026
Jenner, who is mother to Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall, Kylie,and Rob, purchased the home with her former spouse, Caitlyn Jenner, for $4 million in 2010—three years after the Kardashians’ wildly popular series debuted.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
Many of the loans came with credit ratings purchased from Egan-Jones Ratings, a small firm trying to break into the lucrative private-credit market.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 28, 2026
This time he purchased a Liberty launch, a fifty-foot-long empty boat hull with a hole in it.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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That will weigh on household purchasing power "at a time when consumption is weakening and rising interest rates are exacerbating France's fiscal difficulties" they said.
From Barron's β Sep. 30, 2026
However, while she’s selling what is perhaps her most famous home, Kris isn’t leaving the neighborhood altogether, having purchased two other homes in Hidden Hills since purchasing her for-sale abode.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
Strong purchasing managers data last week and hawkish Federal Reserve speeches are “likely keeping buyers at bay,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 28, 2026
Let’s not discount America’s addiction to purchasing shortcuts for happiness either, which Winfrey also knows very well.
From Salon β Sep. 27, 2026
He was purchasing a small book bound in red leather from the bookseller.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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