purchase
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It recently launched a feature called Reserved, which saves two concert tickets for some artists’ biggest fans to purchase before tickets go on general sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Ellison’s purchase of Paramount.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Because I had designated the cash as my farmers market budget, the card purchase belonged to a parallel economy; by this logic, my $45 remained intact.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
You could purchase a hybrid life insurance and long-term-care policy for around $100,000 to $200,000, leaving you the funds to cover at-home care if you needed it down the road.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Hubler and a trader at Merrill Lynch argued back and forth about a possible purchase by Morgan Stanley, from Merrill Lynch, of $2 billion in triple-A CDOs.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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But the huge purchases have also often drawn accusations of sportswashing - sponsoring or hosting sporting events to promote a positive public image and distract attention from human rights issues.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Then I decide roughly how many purchases I want to make.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
That fair value, which uses factors including the S&P 500, the 10-year yield and exchange rates as inputs, was actually adjusted downward given slowing rates of official — i.e., central bank — purchases.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
On occasion, they’ve even had to share that unwelcome news with friends who sponsored the plants’ purchases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Eliza finished her purchases, grabbed my hand, and slammed the door behind us.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Sutor has rehabbed seven dilapidated homes around Gary and purchased 20 empty lots for new-home construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Family Nursing and Home Care said it had purchased 10 hospital-grade breast pumps and single-use pump kits.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The couple purchased the historical abode in Sonning Eye, England, in 2014 for a reported $14 million, just a few days before the two tied the knot.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
In Tokyo, Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama also confirmed the joint intervention, saying the ministry on Friday "purchased the Japanese yen in coordination with the US Department of the Treasury."
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 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
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The RatingDog general manufacturing purchasing managers index fell to 50.9 in last month, down from 51.7 in June, according to a statement released Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The official manufacturing purchasing managers index dived to 49.2 this month from June’s 50.3, according to data released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
She posited that the value of a currency should reflect its purchasing power and the best way to assess this was to use one “perfect universal commodity” — the Big Mac.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Even though Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustments are meant to protect purchasing power, “they’re calibrated to the wrong basket of goods for older Americans,” said Ronnie Cox, investment director at Human Interest, a financial advisory service.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
They provided against Lent by purchasing dates, and green ginger of almonds, and herrings at 4s. 6d. the borse-load.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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