purchases

Example Sentences

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While the better-known buy-now-pay-later products allow consumers to make purchases in installments, fintech company Tuyo’s cryptocurrency card pays users back for certain purchases.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

In the 2020 “Phase One” deal, China agreed to increase purchases of U.S. goods and services by $200 billion over 2020 and 2021, but ultimately fell short of the targets.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

At that time, Europe led the coal purchases, with global competition for the fuel causing a shortage that drove benchmark prices to new records.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

These are the sorts of purchases — wants, not needs — that are crucial as an economic signal.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

We hand over our tokens, and one Guardian enters the numbers on them into the Compubite while the other gives us our purchases, the milk, the eggs.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood