purchases
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While the better-known buy-now-pay-later products allow consumers to make purchases in installments, fintech company Tuyo’s cryptocurrency card pays users back for certain purchases.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Later in February and March, Trump’s portfolio made a set of purchases.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Those purchases would come on top of China’s earlier commitment made in October 2025 to buy 25 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans annually over the next three years.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
At that time, Europe led the coal purchases, with global competition for the fuel causing a shortage that drove benchmark prices to new records.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the country and opening up vast new lands that will fuel the debate over the future of slavery in America.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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