purchases
Example Sentences
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It found purchases of essentials excluding fuel grew for the period, while cardholder spending on discretionary goods recovered after a weak year and a half.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
The debt struggles of Evergrande and industry peers including Country Garden, Vanke and Kaisa have had a severe impact on consumer confidence, dissuading many would-be homebuyers from making purchases.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
With so much unknown about availability and pricing in 2027, many have chosen to hold off on any Olympic purchases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Dicey paid for her purchases and walked slowly back to the little gray house.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
