purchase

Example Sentences

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Several visual-effects artists who have worked for top studios say Mercor contacted them with offers to purchase specific high-end production work, such as “4D physics scenes with camera data, depth and motion/point tracking.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In Canada gun ownership is regulated by laws that require would-be gun owners to obtain a licence by passing a safety course and rigorous background checks before they can purchase a firearm.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“You should have seen me, I was hustling and hustling for them,” she recounts about finding her famous client a home to purchase.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available to purchase, but officials are concerned that bags of the frozen nuggets could still be in consumers’ freezers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Hassan would go in the evenings after closing his store, and purchase from the butcher’s wife, while the physician went in the morning to shop from the butcher’s son.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri