purchase
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He visited three times — once on business — in the months leading up to his family trust’s July 2021 purchase of a plot in the ski town of Eden.
From Salon β Oct. 11, 2026
Supporters regularly have to queue for hours to purchase match tickets at the stadium's small box office as Rayo is the only top-flight Spanish club without a ticketing website.
From BBC β Oct. 10, 2026
Canada, which makes GlobalEye’s airframe, is weighing a purchase.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 10, 2026
The posts include personalized discount codes, suggesting the creators may receive financial compensation if a purchase is made.
From Barron's β Oct. 8, 2026
Between the purchase of the loans and the sale of the bonds made up of those loans, his group was exposed to falling prices.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Industry officials said most consumers—who buy bottles for $20 or less—have cut back on their purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 8, 2026
That would be double the $2 billion acquisition deal announced by Manus and Meta in December -- one of the biggest purchases in the Facebook owner's history.
From Barron's β Oct. 8, 2026
Now, some buyers are turning to Wall Street investment firms to help fund purchases totaling tens of billions of dollars per deal.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
In total, the federal government has now spent nearly $3.2 billion on detention facility purchases, the majority of them in California.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 5, 2026
Eliza finished her purchases, grabbed my hand, and slammed the door behind us.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Between 2021 and 2022, Paxton purchased two homes in Ocala, known for its horse breeding industry, and a townhome in Dunedin, on the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa.
From Salon β Oct. 11, 2026
Peden told the inquest he had purchased the bike online for £900 and it was in "perfect working order", apart from an incident where he lost the key on a fairground ride.
From BBC β Oct. 8, 2026
The “Dune” star, 58, and wife Kathryn Boyd Brolin, 38, purchased the dwelling in 2020 for $3.25 million.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 7, 2026
However, off-premise sales, which includes beer purchased in stores, were pressured by tighter consumer budgets.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 6, 2026
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased, from the French, the Territory of Louisiana, which contained lands dominated by the Osage.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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In purchasing power parity terms, which accounts for goods and services typically costing less in poorer countries, Chinese per capita GDP of about $29,500 was 2.5 times India’s $12,000.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
As part of its expansion, Google also signed a 22-year power purchasing agreement with Finnish energy company Fortum covering up to half the capacity of the Loviisa nuclear power plant.
From BBC β Oct. 6, 2026
Borrowing costs rising alongside worries about government finances and purchasing power can be a warning.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 6, 2026
However, Brazilians complain about a loss of purchasing power and authorities are concerned about rising household debt.
From Barron's β Oct. 5, 2026
Their increased purchasing power afforded them summer vacations to the beach or the mountains.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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