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Which city did President Jefferson hope to acquire before making the Louisiana Purchase?

purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tΚƒΙ™s /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
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The Vermont purchase emerged as the family considered a change for their son, Oakley, who wanted to attend high school there.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

He stated they came across Pablo on the middle of the road on the way home to Ayrshire after a journey to Edinburgh for the other man to purchase a car.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Ryanair, which is Europe's biggest airline by passenger numbers and flies mainly across the continent, said the cost of fuel not subject to advance purchase agreements had soared owing to the US-Iran war.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Its Buy For Me feature lets users purchase some of those items from other merchants, but without leaving Amazon’s site.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

And so, after asking where there might be close at hand a ship where he might purchase ship forms, he departed.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Oracle has rushed to line up financing to pay for its data center buildout and chip purchases, raising billions this year by selling stock and debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

There are different affordability checks for different purchases, partially based on how much is borrowed.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Intel’s weak forecast reflected how memory-chip prices are hurting demand for laptops, all while information-technology teams have to balance spending on AI tools against hardware purchases.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Some of the purchases were also placed during times when school was not in session, he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

But among themselves, as I listened to them excitedly discussing their purchases, they seemed like young men anywhere off on a holiday.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Of the eight items found to have breached cadmium limits: three were purchased from Amazon, three from Temu and one from each of OnBuy and Etsy.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

In 2015, she purchased the property for $10 million, and it served as her primary residence until she parted ways with it a decade later, selling it for $12 million.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 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 ● Nov. 1, 2026

But due to the lack of affordable housing, Mexican Americans for years purchased land they could afford in rural areas outside of city limits, often lacking basic infrastructure and public services.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Here are a few instruments typically found in classrooms, or that can be purchased inexpensively at a music store or online.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Workers say the rising cost of food, housing, transport and healthcare has eroded their purchasing power in a country with eight percent inflation.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers’ index was 55.5 in October – higher than the September figure of 54.5.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Binance earlier said it held $5 billion of the $6.3 billion it was fronting in the same cryptocurrencies that hackers stole, and was purchasing the remaining $1.3 billion of cryptocurrency through market channels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Thereafter, an Abu Dhabi–backed group invested $2 billion in crypto company Binance by purchasing World Liberty “stablecoins,” giving World Liberty $2 billion in deposits to invest.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

He promptly took advantage of the windfall by purchasing a beautiful eighteenth-century Tassini viola, lest the money be snatched away as abruptly and mysteriously as it had arrived.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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