purchase
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Buyers: no reason to lock down a purchase when costs have climbed.
From Barron's β Nov. 1, 2026
Decorate your own sugar skull, grab a bite to eat at the food trucks, purchase something from the mercado, pay a visit to the community altar, or go see some live entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 1, 2026
SpaceX this week announced it raised the biggest-ever financing for AI chips, a $40 billion package that will allow it to purchase the latest lineup of Nvidia chips.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 31, 2026
Her 21-year-old son is getting married soon, and Allen and her husband plan to give him cash toward the purchase of a house.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 31, 2026
The scanner beep, beep, beeps for every purchase, and Dad exchanges mindless words with the clerk about the weather.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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Slow down your purchases: is what you are buying essential or can you postpone it?
From BBC β Nov. 1, 2026
Megaspeed has reportedly continued buying Nvidia products this year, sometimes using intermediaries, and Chang said those purchases will likely invite questions over how the chip maker is vetting customers.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 31, 2026
A calligrapher was there to personalize free gifts with purchases, while two baristas manned an espresso bar set up for the occasion.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 30, 2026
Some of the purchases were also placed during times when school was not in session, he added.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 30, 2026
I rolled down my window and said, “Didn’t Josephine the banker tell us not to make any purchases for six months?”
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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In fact, Batista purchased a home in Daytona Beach and lived there for several years following his initial ouster in the mid-1940s.
From Salon β Nov. 1, 2026
Records show that Atavis was purchased by a doctor in Baltimore County, Maryland, at age 23 and stayed with the family after slavery ended and was buried in the family cemetery in 1874.
From Barron's β Nov. 1, 2026
“But I say to Drew, you purchased $250 to $300 a piece tickets,” McHenry said.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 29, 2026
We sold our longtime home at a nice profit, liquidated most of our other assets, moved across the country and purchased our dream retirement home: fewer rooms, but more space.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 29, 2026
She’d recently gone into a business arrangement to run several nursing homes, and she and her partners had already purchased and renovated six of them.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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Binance is purchasing the remaining $1.3 billion of cryptocurrency through market channels, the spokesman said, adding this step could take longer.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 30, 2026
As Anna Holmes recently pointed out in her blistering New Yorker essay, more than half of millennials have had parental help purchasing their home.
From Slate β Oct. 28, 2026
How much of your excess cash you put in cash or bonds versus the stock market depends on your risk tolerance and purchasing power.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 28, 2026
“It’s not predatory just because we’re purchasing receivables on it,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 28, 2026
From there, after purchasing by check a diamond engagement ring and a diamond wedding band, they drove to a pawnshop to dispose of these items.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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