purchase
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Annuity income is typically fixed and, as such, can lose purchasing power as prices rise — unless you purchase an inflation adjustment or rider.
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
Paramount Skydance is selling about $52 billion of debt to finance its $81 billion cash purchase of Warner Bros.
From Barron's β Sep. 30, 2026
“We’ve used every scrap of construction paper in the whole district. And there’s no money in the budget to purchase more.”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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One possible explanation for the purchases is cyber-squatting - where people speculatively register specific domain names in case they increase in value later on and can be sold for a profit.
From BBC β Oct. 1, 2026
South Korea has pledged $350 billion in U.S. investments, plus an additional $100 billion for American energy purchases, in exchange for dropping tariffs on most goods from 25% to 15%.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 1, 2026
That drop, however, has a lot to do with a rush of purchases late last year as customers sought to take advantage of expiring federal tax incentives.
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
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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But, of course, it was possible that someone purchased and was keeping the snake illegally.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 1, 2026
Carnegie Mellon’s new Miami campus will sit on a site purchased from developer Moishe Mana for an undisclosed sum.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 30, 2026
The singer, 57, and the actress, 53, have owned the residence for more than a decade, having purchased it for $1.1 million in 2015.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
It comes as part of the club's continued link with Kuwait through their owner Ali Alhamad, who purchased the club in 2025.
From BBC β Sep. 29, 2026
He placed the money in envelopes and carefully repacked it into his newly purchased briefcase.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
S&P Global’s latest purchasing manager indexes on Thursday reiterated that narrative, showing sharp growth in overseas demand for tech-export powerhouses Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 1, 2026
The S&P Global Canada manufacturing purchasing managers index eased to 51.5 in September from 53 in August, signaling modest growth.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 1, 2026
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
Annuity income is typically fixed and, as such, can lose purchasing power as prices rise — unless you purchase an inflation adjustment or rider.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 30, 2026
“Mass purchasing power makes the big difference. For example, breaded veal cutlets.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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