purchase
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I tracked down two New Jersey record stores whose sites said they’d purchase all types of albums, so we carted ours to them.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 8, 2026
But Muse works best when users hand over some of their most personal information to the company, including credit card information, purchase histories and access to email inboxes.
From BBC β Oct. 8, 2026
The posts include personalized discount codes, suggesting the creators may receive financial compensation if a purchase is made.
From Barron's β Oct. 8, 2026
Advisers often recommend that these clients purchase annuities, which are insurance products that are complicated, hard to compare and have high commissions.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 8, 2026
Was this a customary incident in the life of a solicitor’s clerk sent out to explain the purchase of a London estate to a foreigner?
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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He first responded that he was sending money to a daughter abroad, then that they were for “face-to-face” purchases of African diamonds.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 9, 2026
That would be double the $2 billion acquisition deal announced by Manus and Meta in December -- one of the biggest purchases in the Facebook owner's history.
From Barron's β Oct. 8, 2026
It is not clear how many chips Oracle is looking to finance, but purchases of Nvidia chips for a 1 gigawatt data center would cost tens of billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
In total, the federal government has now spent nearly $3.2 billion on detention facility purchases, the majority of them in California.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 5, 2026
He added some Italian junk food to the basket, just to sort of disguise his more suspicious purchases, then dumped his stuff at the register.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Bryan owns another property nearby, according to records, which show that a second Duxbury home was purchased for $1.4 million in August 2024 through the same LLC used for the waterfront estate.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 9, 2026
Peden told the inquest he had purchased the bike online for £900 and it was in "perfect working order", apart from an incident where he lost the key on a fairground ride.
From BBC β Oct. 8, 2026
The “Dune” star, 58, and wife Kathryn Boyd Brolin, 38, purchased the dwelling in 2020 for $3.25 million.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 7, 2026
In others, ICE has purchased facilities owned and operated by private companies.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 5, 2026
Today the AT is a wilderness by design—actually, by fiat, since many of the properties Shaffer passed were later compulsorily purchased and quietly returned to woodland.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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"In addition, stocking for new technology products and the approach of the yearβend peak purchasing season in China and in Europe and the United States will all help support Taiwan's export momentum."
From Barron's β Oct. 8, 2026
In purchasing power parity terms, which accounts for goods and services typically costing less in poorer countries, Chinese per capita GDP of about $29,500 was 2.5 times India’s $12,000.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
As part of its expansion, Google also signed a 22-year power purchasing agreement with Finnish energy company Fortum covering up to half the capacity of the Loviisa nuclear power plant.
From BBC β Oct. 6, 2026
U.S. economic data released on Monday include the Services purchasing managers index for September at 9:45 a.m.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 5, 2026
He was purchasing a small book bound in red leather from the bookseller.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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