purchase
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Lincolnshire County Council said it wanted to purchase and install Starlink facilities for so-called "not spot" properties that do not have access to fibre broadband.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The IPO lasts for a month and the minimum purchase is 10 shares, costing about $4.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
I should try to make the purchase happen, I thought as I walked around Boston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Roblox is a highly customizable gaming platform where users can create their own games and related content, and then share them for others to play and even purchase.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Hila made a furious noise, shaking her head as if he had only forgotten to purchase the right brand of paper towels, and was already shifting slowly toward Ashmodai.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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But in recent weeks, it has resumed bigger purchases from international suppliers, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The company has raised prices and set strict volume limits on purchases of its house brand oil.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Roblox is forecasting a 14 percent to 18 percent drop in overall purchases made by players in the current quarter, and its share price has lost more than two-thirds of its value since its high.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
She can then control the intervals and make sure she has cash for large purchases if she wants it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
At the Army-Navy store, Dicey studied the shelves of goods before she made her purchases.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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Computer chip and software developer Broadcom purchased the Irvine office compound it rented in the latest example of a well-funded company taking advantage of depressed real estate prices to switch from renter to owner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The team at CR purchased samples of a variety of lunchbox foods—everything from Takis to oat bars—and tested them for several chemicals that they described as contaminants.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
April Bradley recently bristled at having to pay $7.95 to return a pair of Lane Bryant jeans she had purchased online that didn’t fit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
New data shows nearly one in five properties in St Andrews were registered to an address outside of Scotland when purchased, including 164 buyers from the United States alone.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Neither of my parents had finished high school; my mother did wear pants suits, which she purchased at a factory outlet.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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Job losses and falling purchasing power have added to industry's woes by depressing consumer spending.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The surge in crude prices has lifted gasoline and diesel prices, adding to inflationary pressure from higher energy costs and threatening to reduce the purchasing power of consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Before purchasing a Flock ALPR, his department would recover an average of three stolen cars a year.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Production activity growth was the strongest in August since January 2022, driven by a jump in orders, according to purchasing managers’ surveys published this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
All of my research on Muslim purchasing power indicated that if we created a product that appealed to and satisfied the needs of Muslim consumers, the company would be successful.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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