purchase
Example Sentences
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While running CKE, he said, he once considered buying a European burger chain before deciding the continent’s labor laws made the purchase a bad bet.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
“Even Amazon, which has so many years of our purchase histories, doesn’t really proactively recommend products that we don’t know we might want yet.”
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
It says it's "expected to be available in 2029"- which means, from that date, flat owners will purchase their home and the building and land beneath it, rather than it being owned by a freeholder.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
It caps property tax rates at 1% of a property’s value at the time of purchase, and limits annual assessment increases to a maximum of 2%.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The toes of my shoes slipped over the concrete floor, struggling to gain purchase.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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