purchase
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Donations are used to purchase emergency hampers, treats or provide advice and assistance.
From BBC β Nov. 14, 2026
The White House says the US Department of Defense acquired a 30 percent equity stake in NABEP, authorizing it to purchase 20 percent of its oil at production cost.
From Barron's β Nov. 14, 2026
The company said in posts on X on Friday that “select customers are now being invited to purchase Cybercab for personal use” at an estimated purchase price of $29,990.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 14, 2026
Murray, whose three decades of achievement were marred by his role in a real estate purchase that brought federal charges against a middleman last year, has died at 66.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 13, 2026
Hassan would go in the evenings after closing his store, and purchase from the butcher’s wife, while the physician went in the morning to shop from the butcher’s son.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Stripe is seeking to play a key role by leveraging its Link wallet, which has more than 300 million users, to enable agentic shoppers to execute purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 13, 2026
More than 10,000 purchases associated with him averaged roughly 6 points below the market over their reconstructed holding periods.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 13, 2026
Amazon in September blocked Meta’s Muse from making purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 13, 2026
Giving larger purchases more weight—a $100,000 investment counted more than a $10,000 investment—produced an estimated one-year advantage of 3.8 percentage points.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 13, 2026
We pause just outside the entrance, our purchases and slushies in hand.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Tesla’s claim that the Cybercab can only be purchased for personal use means buyers won’t be able to immediately make money with the vehicle.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 14, 2026
The H200 chips were purchased for the management school of NPU, which is one of China's "Seven Sons of National Defence" universities that conduct defence-related research and maintain links with the country's military.
From Barron's β Nov. 12, 2026
Although the sixpence had an individual price tag of £8, the entire album was subsequently purchased as a single lot rather than the coin being bought separately.
From Science Daily β Nov. 11, 2026
The estate, which the couple purchased for $2.2 million in 2020, has since been taken off the market.
From MarketWatch β Nov. 10, 2026
They purchased Leading Lady and New York Speed Machine for a total of $115,000, plus $330 per day for food and housing—or “boarding” as the horse people called it.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
It is a decent store of value over extremely long periods; its purchasing power has held more or less steady since ancient Roman times.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 10, 2026
It also means more years in which inflation can erode purchasing power.
From MarketWatch β Nov. 9, 2026
“Our combined purchasing levels will give us economies of scale by consolidating purchasing decisions into one centralized group,” the executives said in their letter.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 9, 2026
“The reason for tasting tea this way in the first place is like purchasing a car,” Hammond told me.
From Slate β Nov. 8, 2026
She considered purchasing tickets herself, but they were expensive, and although Penelope’s salary was generous, Lady Constance rarely paid it unless Penelope asked.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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