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Which city did President Jefferson hope to acquire before making the Louisiana Purchase?

purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tΚƒΙ™s /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
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The Vermont purchase emerged as the family considered a change for their son, Oakley, who wanted to attend high school there.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Turk has claimed it was a loan to Mountbatten-Windsor for the purchase of a chalet in Switzerland - a suggestion which is contested by Isbilen and had been challenged in previous court hearings.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Ryanair, which is Europe's biggest airline by passenger numbers and flies mainly across the continent, said the cost of fuel not subject to advance purchase agreements had soared owing to the US-Iran war.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Its Buy For Me feature lets users purchase some of those items from other merchants, but without leaving Amazon’s site.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

I snap to, scrabbling with my legs until I get purchase on the top edge of the car.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

The central bank said Tuesday it has conducted operations involving the equivalent of more than $10 billion to help financial institutions get more liquid assets in their portfolios to fund stock purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Slow down your purchases: is what you are buying essential or can you postpone it?

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Intel’s weak forecast reflected how memory-chip prices are hurting demand for laptops, all while information-technology teams have to balance spending on AI tools against hardware purchases.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Some of the purchases were also placed during times when school was not in session, he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Her customers, too, began to look like their purchases: Companera Sordo with her bristly jowls and upturned nose, Companero Llorente with his pink eyes and jerking chin.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina GarcΓ­a

Meranda's necklace and the 25 other pieces purchased by Watchdog were analysed by the Sheffield Assay Office.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

But due to the lack of affordable housing, Mexican Americans for years purchased land they could afford in rural areas outside of city limits, often lacking basic infrastructure and public services.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 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 ● Oct. 30, 2026

She purchased the Chelsea unit in 2021 for $2.75 million, according to property records.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

It had originally been purchased by a fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge—its binding bears the college badge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The S&P Global Canada manufacturing purchasing managers index retreated in October to 49.6, a third straight monthly decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

In many of the protests, as in Spain, Portugal and Greece, housing is "a central element" because it is directly tied to purchasing power and "an ever-more unequal distribution of wealth", the researcher added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

The “Degrassi” alum snapped up the property at a steep discount, purchasing it for just $7.7 million in 2012.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index was 55.5 in October—higher than the September figure of 54.5.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

One purchasing committee found a large department store which gave us wholesale rates on everything from underwear to baseball gloves.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey


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