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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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Not everyone supported the campaign, though, with some local farmers having warned the purchase would be "a folly".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Earlier this year, Thrive Eternal, another Kushner-led firm, was part of a consortium that struck a deal to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers from finance mogul Mark Walter at a $12.5 billion valuation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Shares of Marvell Technology are sliding on Thursday as investors assess the financial implications of a possible deal to purchase optical-networking company Lumentum.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Rather than testing isolated cranberry compounds, Wu chose to investigate pure cranberry juice, a product people can readily purchase and consume.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Using extreme caution, they only bought earphones from storeowners whom they trusted not to report the purchase to the Gestapo.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Walking between vehicles at his family company's showroom outside Damascus, Hamza Sukkar, 25, said electric car purchases had accelerated recently.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Analysts say the coming weeks will show whether China’s strength reflects lasting demand or purchases pulled forward from later in the upgrade cycle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

In May, CEO Andy Jassy described placing inventory closer to customers and combining more purchases into each shipment.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Their purchases are tucked into cute little bags, and she and Heather join me in a sort of floral cloud.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Alphatec slashes its full-year outlook as fewer surgeons have purchased its add-on bone-graft products used for spinal fusion.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

We sold our longtime home at a nice profit, liquidated most of our other assets, moved across the country and purchased our dream retirement home: fewer rooms, but more space.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The 35% to 40% of Apple goods that are purchased in the U.S. have little impact on GDP, as imports largely offset domestic consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

“But I say to Drew, you purchased $250 to $300 a piece tickets,” McHenry said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

This time he purchased a Liberty launch, a fifty-foot-long empty boat hull with a hole in it.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

That’s the equivalent of losing 23% of your purchasing power over the full decade.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The disclosure requirements also include group purchasing organizations tied to PBMs, which can collect rebate payments on their behalf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

As Anna Holmes recently pointed out in her blistering New Yorker essay, more than half of millennials have had parental help purchasing their home.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

“It’s not predatory just because we’re purchasing receivables on it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

All of my research on Muslim purchasing power indicated that if we created a product that appealed to and satisfied the needs of Muslim consumers, the company would be successful.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad


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