purchase
Example Sentences
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Fliers received a prompt after purchase suggesting they consider Wheels Up if their trips continued to other destinations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
The water department has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the solar plant at a rate of $1 per megawatt hour.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Even when I do make a purchase, I often don’t like it once it arrives, which makes me reluctant to try again.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Mary Kay committed her sellers to advance purchase of the products, a system she believed motivated success, according to Ms. Gavenas: “A bigger buy-in gave consultants more incentive to clinch a sale.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Seven shimmied her shoulders, pretending she was shaking off her fears, found purchase on a knob, and began to work her way up.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Vocabulary lists containing purchase
Material World: Shopping Lingo
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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