purchases
Example Sentences
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The U.S. ride-hailing company has emerged as the biggest shareholder in Delivery Hero after making sizable stake purchases in recent weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
While the Niesmann + Bischoff motorhome gathers dust in a Police Scotland impound lot, Murrell is also revealed to have made several other luxury purchases with embezzled funds.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Her third husband, playwright Arthur Miller, suggests the purchases were largely a pose: In his memoir, he wrote that aside from some short stories and Colette’s “Cheri” she likely never read anything start to finish.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
India has its own foreign policy of strategic autonomy, where it looks at each issue from its own pragmatic interests—a stance it has often cited to justify its purchases of Russian oil despite U.S. criticism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
She added her purchases to ours and paid for it all.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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