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repurchase

[ree-pur-chuhs] / riˈpɜr tʃəs /




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The company wrote that net proceeds will reduce the company’s debt and facilitate the repurchase of company shares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The company intends to repurchase a large amount of shares through January 2028, reflecting its “confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

That sets up the company to repurchase a whopping $235 billion worth of shares between now and January 2028.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Therefore, he thinks offering “a clearer repurchase plan, along with evidence that pricing and margins can hold up as supply grows,” would offer a catalyst for the stock.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Kabuo pulled into a turnout one rainy afternoon and explained to her in grave tones that he intended to repurchase his parents’ property as soon as the chance arose.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

The first operation happened just two weeks ago on Sept. 9, in which only about $5.2 billion worth of Treasurys were repurchased despite market expectations of a larger amount.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Some of the gold was sold in the U.S. and repurchased in the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The company repurchased 478 Class A shares and more than 8 million Class B shares in May and June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Bearish investors can borrow shares they don’t own and sell them, betting that they can be repurchased at a later date for a lower price.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

After she was recaptured, Ellen was sold to slave traders but was later repurchased by abolitionists and taken north.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Yields have continued their climb despite the Treasury Department’s efforts to stem them by repurchasing the government’s own bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He expects Micron could authorize a buyback program in the low-$20 billion range, though the company likely wouldn’t begin repurchasing stock before December.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

The rest of the transfer was carried out by selling the gold in New York, and repurchasing it in London, the bank said, external.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Warren Buffett’s company was busy in the second quarter, repurchasing its own stock.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

He has recently laid out above a million francs in repurchasing the Rubempre estates to fulfil the conditions on which he was to be allowed to marry Mademoiselle Clotilde de Grandlieu.

From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac




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